Slain cop’s partner questioned over police culture, secrecy

Senior Constable Cath Nielsen is today giving evidence at the inquest into her former partner’s murder after she survived the shooting that killed him.Sen Const Forte was killed on May 29, 2017, by known criminal Ricky Maddison, following a low-speed pursuit at Seventeen Mile in the Lockyer Valley.The court heard Maddison’s behaviour had become increasingly erratic in the days leading up to Sen Const Forte’s murder, with the gunman having spent two months avoiding an arrest warrant over a…



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