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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 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. Senior Constable Brett Forte died on May 29, 20...

‘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 stronghold. Sen Const Forte, a father-of-three, was shot and killed on May 29, 2017, during a low-sp...

‘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 stronghold. Sen Const Forte, a father-of-three, was shot and killed on May 29, 2017, during a low-sp...

‘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 stronghold. Sen Const Forte, a father-of-three, was shot and killed on May 29, 2017, during a low-sp...

  From the passenger seat, Senior Constable Cath Nielsen radioed through to the police communications centre asking for help from the police helicopter, PolAir. "It doesn't feel good ... like we're being led somewhere," she'd said. Then the dust cleared and the silver 4WD was stopped. Maddison, holding an SKS automatic rifle, was standing beside it. The muzzle flashed and bullets flew. Dozens of them. Forty six rounds. Sen Const Forte threw the car into reverse and accelerated, accelerated until he hit an embankment and rolled. A bullet had hit him in the arm, another in the groin. ...