The unsuspecting victims answered ads on Gumtree, hoping to buy a second-hand car. Instead, guns were shoved in their faces and their money stolen.

When Tyson Jessen learnt he was a suspect over the terrifying crimes, he fled north. It was a move that came to a dramatic end when he was shot dead by police in a Queensland hospital this month.

Heavily tattooed across his neck and face, Jessen arrived in Ipswich, west of Brisbane, looking vastly different to the 19-year-old man who had walked into a Melbourne court, alongside his mother, nearly 10 years ago.

Jessen pictured here in 2009. Credit:Justin McManus

Back then, Jessen was in court to answer charges over setting a 60-year-old man alight.