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Brett Forte, Ricky Maddison inquest: SERT officer recalls extraordinary standoff
The 20-hour standoff with Ricky Maddison, the gunman who killed policeman Brett Forte, was a threat like nothing that had “ever occurred in Australia”, according to a senior officer from the elite Special Emergency Response Team.
The 20-hour standoff with paranoid gunman Ricky Maddison was a threat like nothing that had “ever occurred in Australia”, according to a senior officer from the elite Special Emergency Response Team.
The officer, who cannot be identified, told the inquest into the deaths of Senior Constable Brett Forte and…
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