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Top cop denies blaming widow for Brett Forte’s murder A senior Toowoomba police officer has denied he blamed Brett Forte’s widow for her husband’s murder at the hands of paranoid gunman Ricky Maddison. Crime by Kate Kyriacou, Tom Chamberlin 21st Apr 2021 1:09 PM Premium Content Subscriber only The head of the Darling Downs Tactical Crime Squad has denied claims he blamed Senior Constable Brett Fortes widow for...

Top cop denies blaming widow for Brett Forte’s murder A senior Toowoomba police officer has denied he blamed Brett Forte’s widow for her husband’s murder at the hands of paranoid gunman Ricky Maddison. Crime by Kate Kyriacou, Tom Chamberlin 21st Apr 2021 1:09 PM Premium Content Subscriber only The head of the Darling Downs Tactical Crime Squad has denied claims he blamed Senior Constable Brett Fortes widow for...

Crime by Kate Kyriacou Premium Content   The police partner of slain officer Senior Constable Brett Forte has become emotional as she described him as a "very ethical" man who knew the law "inside and out". Senior Constable Cath Nielsen is today giving evidence at the inquest into her former partners 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-spee...

Crime by Kate Kyriacou Premium Content   The police partner of slain officer Senior Constable Brett Forte has become emotional as she described him as a "very ethical" man who knew the law "inside and out". Senior Constable Cath Nielsen is today giving evidence at the inquest into her former partners 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-spee...

‘You’ll run out of ammo before I do’ The paranoid gunman who shot Brett Forte held officers at bay for more than 20 hours and did not initially know the policeman had died, an inquest has heard. Crime by Tom Chamberlin Premium Content Subscriber only Paranoid gunman Ricky Maddison was surprised when he was told he had killed police officer Brett Forte, as negotiators tried at least 85 times to make him surrender and come out from his s...

‘You’ll run out of ammo before I do’ The paranoid gunman who shot Brett Forte held officers at bay for more than 20 hours and did not initially know the policeman had died, an inquest has heard. Crime by Tom Chamberlin Premium Content Subscriber only Paranoid gunman Ricky Maddison was surprised when he was told he had killed police officer Brett Forte, as negotiators tried at least 85 times to make him surrender and come out from his s...

‘You’ll run out of ammo before I do’ The paranoid gunman who shot Brett Forte held officers at bay for more than 20 hours and did not initially know the policeman had died, an inquest has heard. Crime by Tom Chamberlin Premium Content Subscriber only Paranoid gunman Ricky Maddison was surprised when he was told he had killed police officer Brett Forte, as negotiators tried at least 85 times to make him surrender and come out from his s...

Premium Content Subscriber only A young woman would not reveal the identity of a person who sold her an illegal firearm, which police found loaded and stored under the front passenger seat of a black Mercedes Benz. Ipswich Magistrates Court this week heard the homemade weapon was found loaded with five .22 calibre bullets, after police intercepted the vehicle at Leichhardt on August 19, 2020. Shania Rose King, 22 from Brassall pleaded guilty to 11 charges including the unlawful possession of...

News by Kate Kyriacou, Thomas Chamberlin 12th Apr 2021 12:16 PM Premium Content   An inquest into the murder of Queensland policeman Senior Constable Brett Forte and the shooting death of paranoid gunman Ricky Maddison has heard the known criminal once poured fuel on his girlfriend in a domestic violence incident. Maddison was later shot following a 20-hour siege with Special Emergency Response Team officers. Brett Forte was...

Crime by Thomas Chamberlin, Kate Kyriacou 13th Apr 2021 4:57 AM Premium Content Subscriber only A day before Ricky Maddison rounded on police officers with an SKS semiautomatic rifle, he led his best mate to the back of his car, unveiled a cache of guns and declared he was about to "become big, big news". The chilling evidence emerged at an inquest into the 2017 deaths of Senior Constable Brett Forte and the man who killed him - a...