Top prosecutor wants prison officer charged with murder after fatal shooting | sallyrawsthorne
The state’s top prosecutor wants to charge a prison officer with murder after he allegedly shot a shackled Aboriginal man in the back. The action by the DPP has triggered a 24-hour strike starting on Friday by correctional staff in protest.
New evidence reviewed for Officer A’s trial has led the state’s Director of Public Prosecutions to apply to upgrade the initial charge in the Supreme Court. “Prison officers are responsible for escorting terrorists and murderers in the community all the time,” the PSA’s Stewart Little told the“They are deployed with firearms in the expectation they may have to use them in an escape situation. If they are not to use weapons, they should not be deployed with them.”Corrective Services NSW is trying to stop the strike in the Industrial Relations Commission, it said in a statement.“All NSW prisons will continue operating securely during strike action.
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