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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter

Suspected Porepunkah gunman Dezi Freeman had no convictions for violence or firearm offences, court record shows

Dezi Bird Freeman
Dezi Bird Freeman allegedly shot dead two police officers. Photograph: Supplied

The suspected Porepunkah gunman had a criminal record stretching more than 30 years, but had not been convicted of any serious offences, court extracts show.

Dezi Freeman, 56, made a series of threats against police, and had his firearms licence cancelled, in the years before allegedly killing two police officers at a remote property in north-eastern Victoria on Tuesday. Victoria police is now investigating whether its risk assessment before the incident was adequate.

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