A 57-year-old man is facing ten charges, including attempted murder, after a 15-hour-long stand-off with police at a home in Queensland's Hervey Bay on Monday.
Michael Raymond Pagett, 57, faced the Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on Wednesday.Queensland's Police Minister Mark Ryan says protective vests saved police officers from an alleged knife attack in Hervey Bay on Monday.What's next?abc.net.
Police said they were called to a home around midday on Monday to find a man armed with a knife and making threats.Queensland's Minister for Police told Parliament that wearing integrated load-bearing vests helped keep the police officers safe. "Police say the officers were protected by their integrated load-bearing ballistic vests … I wish the best for these offices and thank them for their services and courage."Before the court
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