Convicted rapist escaped while on a day trip to an aquarium - and was able to get away by jumping a fence while corrections staff 'were watching the animals'

• Amit Hamal, 27, escaped from Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin on Monday
• He was on a field trip with detainees from Wickham Point detention centre
• The Nepalese national jumped the back fence and escaped onto the street 
• In 2011, Hamal was convicted of raping a Sydney woman while she slept

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Convicted rapist Amit Hamal, 27, ran away while on a field trip to Darwin's Crocodile Cove on Monday and was finally captured by police at 7pm that night