Lover’s plea to escapees

THE on-again off-again boyfriend of one of the women who escaped from Numinbah Correctional Centre on Sunday night believes the pair is heading for northern NSW.

Joseph Milanov – the love interest of Tegan Simpson, 24, who is on the run with Abigail Graf, 21 – has pleaded with the girls to hand themselves in.

“I just want her to hand herself in, but obviously she’s not really for that,” Mr Milanov said. “(An associate) told me they were headed for Mullumbimby. I don’t even know what’s there or why anyone would go there.”

Mr Milanov said he and Simpson had been speaking frequently while she was in the correctional facility, near the Gold Coast Hinterland.

She is awaiting trial for receiving stolen goods.

But following an argument last week, Mr Milanov stopped hearing from Simpson.