AN UNLIKELY PROSECUTION WITNESS In a surprise revelation in the Supreme Court last week, Debs will be giving evidence. Deadline can reveal Debs has given his version of events to police reinvestigating the murders of Sergeant Gary Silk and Senior Constable Rodney Miller about what took place in Cochranes Road, Moorabbin, in 1998. Two decades ago police prosecuted him as a ruthless killer of their own. Now he is set to be called as a prosecution witness against Jason Roberts, his former co-accused, about how the police officers were ambushed. Roberts conviction was quashed in November, 2020, and a retrial ordered. The Supreme Court trial will begin in February next year.
Jason Roberts bail application denied, as accused murderer awaits retrial over Silk-Miller killings
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Jason Roberts, pictured last month, was jailed for life over the 1998 murders of Sergeant Gary Silk and Senior Constable Rodney Miller.
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A man accused of the notorious murder of two police officers will have to continue the fight for his freedom from behind bars, after Victoria s highest court knocked back his plea to be released on bail.
Key points:
Jason Roberts was convicted in 2002 over the killings of two officers in Melbourne s south-east
Material uncovered in 2019 revealed some evidence against him was fabricated, and a retrial was ordered