August 26, 2026 — 12:01am
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The police officers who went to Dezi Freeman’s remote home in Victoria’s high country to serve a warrant a year ago today say they didn’t know what they were walking into. But they knew they had two of their best officers with them.
Veteran detective Neal Thompson was on his last proper job just days away from retiring while rising star, 35-year-old Vadim de Waart-Hottart, had recently arrived from Melbourne’s Public Order Response Squad.
In the ambush that followed, Freeman shot both officers dead, and injured…
Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU
