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Premium Content OPINION Nine harrowing days of evidence at the inquest on the murder of policeman Brett Forte have delivered one undeniable conclusion: Queensland Police is in the grip of a crisis that will haunt the force and this state. Senior Constable Cath Nielsen, decorated with the force s highest bravery award for dragging a mortally wounded Forte from their flipped patrol wagon under machine gun fire, has given sworn evidence detailing allegations of appalling mistreatment by other officers - simply because she tried to find out if her squad partner s murder could have been avoided. Senior Constable Catherine Nielsen with her bravery award for attempting to save the life of her partner Brett Forte. Picture: Liam Kidston.
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âHeâs 50 metres away with full autoâ: Fatal police chase footage released
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The chase had spanned more than 20 minutes, but the suspect had barely broken the speed limit and was not driving dangerously. Seconds later, a police vehicle was riddled by automatic gunfire.
Wanted man Ricky Maddison stopped abruptly on Wallers Road â a dirt track near Gatton, west of Brisbane â and unleashed a hail of bullets on a police vehicle at close range, killing one officer inside.
The dashcam footage from the police four-wheel-drive carrying the late Senior Constable Brett Forte and his surviving on-duty partner Senior Constable Catherine Nielsen, has been released.
A Queensland police officer has held back tears telling how she was sitting just centimetres away from colleague Brett Forte before they were showered in gunfire.
Speaking today at the coronial inquest into the shooting death of Senior Constable Forte, Senior Constable Catherine Nielsen described a shooting gallery as gunman Rick Maddison opened fire on their squad car in May 2017.
Senior Constable Nielsen claimed to have been threatened by superiors after she started asking questions about the circumstances that led to Senior Constable Forte s death â even revealing her gun was taken off her.
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Recounting the moment Maddison opened fire on her and Senior Constable Forte s patrol car on a steep and narrow stretch of road in the Lockyer Valley, Senior Constable Nielsen said she couldn t understand what was going on.