Police did not take a man’s murder threat seriously, coroner hears, as the victim was so generally disliked in a small Victorian community that the warning came as no surprise.
Police did not take a man’s murder threat seriously, a coroner has been told, as the victim was so generally disliked in a small Victorian community that the warning came as no surprise.
“The investigations are ongoing but at this stage it appears that Mr Cashmore killed [Knowles], and his associate Mr Ray, due to a history of conflict between the two,” counsel assisting the coroner Georgia Carrington told the hearing.Investigations have found Cashmore and Knowles – also known as Kevin Doherty –had been in conflict for a number of years.
“Leading Senior Constable Kelly and Senior Constable Thornton have advised they didn’t take Mr Cashmore’s comments seriously and reported that [Knowles] wasRay, who was friends with Knowles, was otherwise unconnected to Cashmore. The witness said the driver then ran the pair over before driving back towards Kirkstall, about 10.22am on July 22.Counsel assisting said other witnesses reported seeing Knowles and Ray walking along a road with backpacks earlier in the day and with the pair planning on walking to the nearby town of Koroit, about 6.5 kilometres away, when they were attacked.
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