Victoria Police renew calls to find fugitives Graham Potter, Jonathan Dick and Pham Nguyen

VICTORIA’S most dangerous killers and criminals are “hiding in plain sight” in unsuspecting communities and could be your work colleague or neighbour, authorities warn. This is how these fugitives have avoided capture so far.

VICTORIA’S most dangerous killers and criminals are “hiding in plain sight” in unsuspecting communities and using aliases to evade the law, authorities warn.

The hunt for Australia’s most wanted fugitives is being intensified as police warn the dangerous offenders could have crossed borders or assumed new identities to avoid capture.

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Three dangerous fugitives — Graham Potter, Jonathan Dick and Pham Nguyen — are being targeted in the renewed search after years evading Victoria Police for serious crimes including murder.

Graham Potter has been on the run from police since 2010.

Potter, 60, a convicted killer and hitman, slipped under the police radar in 2010 while on bail for conspiracy to murder charges relating to a Melbourne gangland execution plot.

He was contracted to kill two underworld figures over drugs but his car broke down en route.

There have been multiple suspected sightings of him over the years including last year in Griffith, a regional New South Wales town which is home to his former Mafia associates.

Police at the time suspected old contacts may have been helping him stay underground or that he was being “innocently harboured by farmers”.

The cunning killer has disguised himself by changing his appearance and blending into small towns, and has gone under the names Josh Lawson, John Page, Jim Henderson and Peter Adams.

Potter — deemed Australia’s most wanted criminal — is named on Crime Stoppers Victoria’s ‘Rogue Radar’ list which warns the public to keep an eye out for dangerous fugitives who could be living in their communities.

The list highlights three fugitives wanted in Victoria, four in New South Wales, two in Queensland and one in South Australia.

Jonathan Dick is wanted for the violent murder of his brother in Doncaster in February 2017.

Pham Nguyen is wanted for allegedly dousing a woman in petrol and assaulting her in her car in Heatherton last year.

Crime Stoppers Australia Chairman Trevor O’Hara said these criminals are dangerous and may be living within normal suburban or regional neighbourhoods.

“The criminals on this year’s list have not just vanished, we believe many of them have crossed borders since committing their respective crimes and are living or hiding in communities throughout Australia,” he said.

“These criminals may appear to be leading a normal life; they may be your work colleague, neighbour, or a new person that has moved to your area, hiding in plain sight.”

Jonathan Dick, 40, is wanted over the murder of his brother, David Dick, who was attacked with a sword and knife in Doncaster in February last year.

Dick vanished after the brutal daylight slaying, with police later finding his blue Ford sedan dumped in Ivanhoe East.

They warn he could be living on the streets and armed with a knife.

Pham Nguyen, 62, is on the run from police after he allegedly snuck into the back seat of a woman’s car, doused her in petrol and assaulted her in Heatherton last year.

The disturbing attack caused the victim to drive off the road and into a pole.

Nguyen, facing conduct endangering life charges, is known to frequent Springvale and Noble Park.

Two thirds of last year’s wanted fugitives were apprehended due to public information.

Anyone who sights the fugitives is urged not to approach them and to make a confidential report to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or www.crimestoppers.com.au

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