Sisters of officer killed by Dezi Freeman plan to sue police for negligence, lawyer says
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Sisters of Victoria police officer Neal Thompson killed by Dezi Freeman plan to sue police for negligence.
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The sisters of Neal Thompson, a Victoria police officer killed by Dezi Freeman in Porepunkah last August, plan to sue Victoria police for negligence, according to their lawyer Jeremy King. Thompson and his fellow officer were shot dead in the incident; his sisters, Dianne Thompson and Lois Kirk, say in a letter to Victoria police that they "did not expect to feel invisible" following his death. The negligence claim will be brought after a coronial inquest concludes, though no date for the inquest has been announced yet. King's confirmation on Sunday signals the family's intent to hold the police department accountable through civil litigation.
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The family intends to bring a negligence claim after a coronial inquest concludes, though no inquest date has been announced.
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