THE HUNT BEGINS RICK Charles Maddison was a local crook who had been annoying police for years. He was known for being aggressive and mouthy. He knew bikies, his name had come up during drug raids and in 2007 he d been heard making a serious threat towards Sen-Sgt Stahlhut (Stahlhut would tell the inquest he did not know about this until 2017). He told people he was going to ambush the senior sergeant and other officers in a driveway. Maddison and a mate would hide behind mulch piles and take them out with an automatic weapon. That same year, the inquest was told Stahlhut wrote an intel report detailing information from a police informant that a man named Rick Matterson had possession of an automatic weapon.
The execution of police officer Brett Forte
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The execution of police officer Brett Forte
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Brett Forte s partner tells inquest his actions the day he was killed by Rick Maddison saved her life
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Senior Constable Brett Forte was killed in a shooting on May 29, 2017.
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The partner of a Queensland policeman killed by a gunman says the officer s actions shortly before his death saved her life.
Key points:
The coroner is investigating the circumstances of the deaths of Senior Constable Brett Forte and gunman Rick Maddison
Senior Constable Forte s partner said officer s knew it was a high-risk operation
The inquest is expected to hear evidence from other police officers involved in the case
Crime by Kate Kyriacou
Premium Content  The police partner of slain officer Senior Constable Brett Forte has become emotional as she described him as a very ethical man who knew the law inside and out . Senior Constable Cath Nielsen is today giving evidence at the inquest into her former partner s murder after she survived the shooting that killed him. Sen Const Forte was killed on May 29, 2017, by known criminal Ricky Maddison, following a low-speed pursuit at Seventeen Mile in the Lockyer Valley. Senior Constable Brett Forte died on May 29, 2017, after he was shot by Ricky Maddison. Picture: Supplied. The court heard Maddison s behaviour had become increasingly erratic in the days leading up to Sen Const Forte s murder, with the gunman having spent two months avoiding an arrest warrant over a domestic violence matter.