Leigh Sushames被控与6月16日在收复期间杀害塔斯马尼亚军官Keith Smith的事件有关。 Leigh Sushames charged in connection with the June 16 killing of Tasmanian officer Keith Smith during a repossession.

Leigh Geoffrey Sushames 面临谋杀、谋杀未遂和严重袭击指控，与 6 月 16 日在北莫顿收回期间枪杀 57 岁的塔斯马尼亚警察 Keith Smith 警官有关。 Leigh Geoffrey Sushames faces murder, attempted murder, and aggravated assault charges in connection with the June 16 fatal shooting of Constable Keith Smith, a 57-year-old Tasmanian police officer during a repossession in North Motton. Sushames的律师将此案称为严重和复杂的案件,在Sushames的律师通过视频链接出庭而未提出答辩后,他休庭至11月下旬。 The case, described as serious and complex by Sushames’ lawyer, was adjourned to late November after he appeared via video link without entering a plea. 史密斯是塔斯马尼亚州首位在一百多年内在执勤期间遇难的警察,在堪培拉的国家警察纪念馆和塔斯马尼亚警察学院举行了纪念仪式,并因他为社区服务和多项奖项而受到纪念. Smith, the first Tasmanian officer killed in the line of duty in over a century, was honored nationally with memorials at the National Police Memorial in Canberra and Tasmania’s police academy, and remembered for his community service and multiple awards.