Sergeant ‘lost hearing in my ears’ after listening to screaming over radio

“I don’t like pursuits generally … the stress it causes and the danger,” he said. “[Maddison] was just failing to stop, he wasn’t doing anything dangerous.”

Sergeant Douglas said Maddison “had a little clap out the window at police” during the chase.

Mr Funch asked Sergeant Douglas if he would have continued the pursuit if Sergeant Peter Jenkins, now retired, had not come into the room and told him about Maddison’s history.

In his statement in the immediate aftermath of Senior Constable Forte’s death, Sergeant Douglas said Sergeant Jenkins told him: “He is dangerous, he’s wanted for torture, he’s wanted for…