Were this to have been a case where an individual made a snap decision to do something daft - like steal an EFTPOS/ATM machine from McDonalds, or wake up MIA in FUK and claim you were mugged because you couldn't remember how you missed your call time, or whatever the circumstances were, then it's not like those were well considered and intended acts. More like a dumb spur of the moment brain fart.
Conversely, it would appear from the many pages of courts documents that others have read, that this individuals actions were deliberate, considered and intentional, and more than one independant judicial system had told him what he should have done. He willfully chose not to, therefore it's hard to sympathise with someone who takes that stance of defying the legal system, knowing the potential consequences, however unlikely, could be severe.