A marathon five-week inquest into the devastating Wieambilla shootings, which claimed the lives of two young police officers and an innocent neighbour, has reached its final day.
An inquest into the Wieambilla shootings has entered its final day. This is what we've heard about how the tragedy unfoldedOn December 12, 2022, four police officers were ambushed by extremists Gareth, Nathaniel and Stacey Train while responding to a missing persons report.
Despite suffering several gunshot wounds, the court heard Constable Rachel McCrow continued to give situational reports while fighting for her life.Officer's body worn footage shows moment he ran as shots fired at Wieambilla "When I rolled him over, I saw blood on his back … I realised he'd been shot. I realised I most likely heard that shot," he said.Triple-0 operator apologised for delay in calling back wife of man murdered at Wieambilla, inquest hears"If we were given a warning that something was going on, we would not have been in the position we were in.
Specialist Emergency Response Team personnel testified the force of the bullets hitting the BearCat "rocked" the vehicle, which weighed nearly 10 tonnes. Dr Andrew Aboud, a forensic psychiatrist, said diary entries and the Trains' digital footprint revealed the extent of their delusions. Associate Professor Josh Roose, an expert in religion, extremism and violence, said the Trains started to combine their religious beliefs with their conspiracy theories.They subscribed to premillennialism, a form of apocalypticism centring around the belief that humankind was in its final stages before the second coming of Christ.
The court heard a close associate of Nathaniel — a former school principal in NSW — made the missing person's report after not seeing him in-person for nearly 12 months.Sergeant tells Wieambilla inquest he was reluctant to ask police to send officers to property before deadly ambush
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