A jury has acquitted alleged cop killer Jason Roberts of the murders of two police officers after an epic retrial that was sparked by allegations of police meddling.
A former homicide squad detective who discovered colleagues had omitted crucial evidence in their case against an alleged cop killer may have provided the key that sees him walk free.
In the 20 years since Jason Roberts first stood trial for murder, nothing much has changed physically in the Supreme Court. But there is one big difference.
A police radio transmission in the minutes after Sergeant Gary Silk and Senior Constable Rodney Miller were fatally shot referred to “two offenders”, according to a recording played to a trial.
Darren Sherren saw his colleagues Gary Silk and Rodney Miller talking to a motorist in Moorabbin moments before they were fatally shot in 1998, but has told a court he could not see if there was a second person inside the suspect car.