In the quest for justice, jury hears the voice of a killer
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.
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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.
Victims of armed robberies committed in the months before two police officers were shot dead have told a trial there was a power structure between the two bandits.
Sergeant Silk and Senior Constable Miller were shot moments after they pulled over a blue Hyundai Excel in Cochranes Road, Moorabbin, in the early hours of August 16, 1998.