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Judge tells Brisbane apartment siege gunmen to ‘grow up’ as pair sentenced
Two men charged over a police siege that locked down an apartment block and closed a major arterial road for several hours in inner Brisbane almost two years ago, will spend at least another two years in jail.
Key points:
- In December 2018, a siege situation developed in a Brisbane apartment complex
- The area around the apartment complex, including Coronation Drive, was shut down for several hours
- Two men were eventually arrested and appeared in a Brisbane court on Monday
Ross John Dolan, 31, and Christopher John Matthews, 35, were wanted for questioning by police when they barricaded themselves inside a unit in Auchenflower in December 2018.
The men, who were high on the drug ice, were armed with guns and both fired shots at Specialist…
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