Christopher Luke Adamson pleads guilty to obstruct officer, dangerous drugs

A court has revealed the bizarre location police found a convicted torturer hiding just one week after he was released from prison.

A convicted torturer was found by police hiding in a cupboard. FILE PHOTO

A Bayside drug addict who spent five of his birthdays behind bars for torturing a 91-year-old has once again fronted the court after fleeing police and hiding in a closet.

Christopher Luke Adamson, 34, pleaded guilty to two counts of obstructing police officer, one count of possessing dangerous drugs and one count of unlawfully entering a dwelling.

A police prosecutor told Cleveland Magistrates Court on Tuesday that Adamson had a dangerous history of criminal convictions including torture and deprivation of liberty.

“On March 9 this year, one week after he was released from prison, police attended an address to arrest Adamson on a return to prison warrant,” the prosecutor said.

“At an Alexandra Hills address police observed him lying down in the lounge before he then stood up.

“He walked out towards the back of the house to the laundry and fled from police.’’

The court heard police chased Adamson but were unable to find him that day.

The prosecutor said police returned to the home on March 28 and after searching it they found Adamson.

“He was hiding under a pile of clothes in a closet,” she said.

“He was unlawfully in that dwelling and police found him in possession of Suboxone (an opioid drug).’’

She said Adamson had not complied with parole orders and had a backdrop of significant history.

“He was sentenced at the Brisbane Supreme Court for six years and six months for torture and for four years for a burglary,” she said.

“He is not eligible to be released from prison until December of this year.’’

Adamson’s lawyer said he was a single man with no children who had been battling a drug addiction since the age of 20.

“At the time of this offending he was hallucinating from injecting drugs and didn’t know it was the police,” they said.

“He thought he was being chased by other people and this is why he took flight.’’

Magistrate Deborah Vasta said Adamson needed to break his drug and prison cycle if he was to progress in his life.

“You say you want children one day so you need to change,” Ms Vasta said.

“You need to make sure those children have the best father possible, start setting yourself up and making plans.’’

Adamson was sentenced to serve two years’ probation.

Convictions were recorded.