He was arrested on January 2 in reference to the dying of his former associate, 25-year-old Meaghan Louise Rose.
Lees had been going through prices in NSW of identification fraud and assault, after allegedly biting a police officer, however these had been withdrawn to permit the extradition to go forward.
Lees spent roughly 18 months evading an arrest warrant after being questioned by police underneath an alleged pretend identification.
The courtroom was informed a flight had been organized to take Lees to Queensland the place he’s anticipated to entrance Brisbane Justice of the Peace’s Courtroom on Friday.
Rose’s physique was found on the base of Level Cartwright Cliffs on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.
Whereas the dying was initially dominated a suicide, investigators reopened the case in 2009 and a $500,000 reward for info was introduced in June 2023.
On the time, Queensland detectives travelled to Victoria and spoke to Lees, earlier than his automobile was discovered deserted the next day at Portland within the state’s southwest.
Lees allegedly gave a false title to different officers at Port Fairy, earlier than being picked up on CCTV buying new garments in Geelong, and was final sighted at Shepparton prepare station.
Family members of Lees publicly appealed for him to cease working from the interstate arrest warrant.
His grownup baby, Wren Dawnsong, mentioned they hoped Rose’s household would get closure.
“My coronary heart breaks for them day by day, justice must be performed,” they mentioned.
