A senior Queensland detective has stepped aside over comments he made about the family killed in the car fire in Brisbane.
Detective Inspector Mark Thompson told a media conference “police would keep an open mind in determining the motives behind the deaths of Hannah Clarke and her three children”.
Mr Thompson suggested the man, who killed his wife and children, “may have been driven too far” which sparked backlashed from domestic violence campaigners. Image: News Corp Australia
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