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Queensland Police Service pays respects to Norm Watt
Twenty years ago, a seven-hour siege at a hobby farm near Rockhampton claimed the life of a Queensland police officer.
At 9.22pm on Thursday, July 20, 2000, Senior Constable Norman James Watt, 33, was among officers called to Alton Downs after reports of a serious domestic dispute where a man had fired three shots at a friend.
Sen-Constable Watt, who was a member of the Rockhampton Dog Squad, attended the scene with his dog Zeus, and officers cordoned off the residence.
Shortly after midnight,…
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