Officers remembered one year after Porepunkah police shootings

3 hours ago The News Room

Hundreds have gathered in Victoria’s north-east to mark one year since the shooting deaths of two police officers by alleged paedophile Dezi Freeman during a raid on a Porepunkah property.

Detective leading senior constable Neal Thompson and senior constable Vadim de Waart-Hottart were honoured in a new memorial with tributes coming from colleagues and the state’s premier and police commissioner.

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