A jury has acquitted alleged cop killer Jason Roberts of the murders of two police officers after an epic retrial that was sparked by allegations of police meddling.
Jason Roberts and Bandali Debs gave differing accounts about what they knew of the police shootings in Moorabbin in 1998. And prosecutors offered the jury a third version.
A former homicide squad detective who discovered colleagues had omitted crucial evidence in their case against an alleged cop killer may have provided the key that sees him walk free.