Directions hearing over deaths of Victoria police officers Neal Thompson and Vadim De Waart-Hottart told of new details of Porepunkah shooting
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Dezi Freeman yelled abuse at a dying constable during a shooting that killed two Victoria police officers investigating the alleged sexual assault of a child, a coroner has heard.
Details surrounding the August deaths of Det Leading Sen Const Neal Thompson, 59, and Sen Const Vadim De Waart-Hottart, 35, were outlined in a coroner’s court directions hearing on Monday morning – including what Freeman said during the shooting. Freeman, also known as Desmond Filby, was shot dead by police seven months later, after being discovered at a makeshift campsite about 150km away.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/25/dezi-freeman-inquest-porepunkah-shooting-police-investigating-child-sexual-assault-ntwnfb
Author : Australian Associated Press
Publish date : 2026-05-25 04:29:00
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