检察官将撤销对Aaron Searle的谋杀未遂指控,他在2月的一次与家庭暴力有关的袭击中被警察开枪打死。
Prosecutors will drop attempted murder charge against Aaron Searle, who was shot by police during a domestic violence-related attack in February.
新南威尔士州检察官正准备撤销对47岁的Aaron Barrie Searle的谋杀未遂指控。 2月15日,Aaron Barrie Searle据称在一次与家庭暴力有关的事件中用刀刃战术铲攻击警官,随后在Mayfield被警察开枪打死。
Prosecutors in New South Wales are preparing to drop an attempted murder charge against Aaron Barrie Searle, 47, who was shot by police in Mayfield on February 15 after allegedly attacking officers with a bladed tactical shovel during a domestic violence-related incident.
警方在下午4点10分左右对Hanbury街作出反应,在Searle殴打一名高级警官和一辆泰瑟枪失败后,警察朝他的胃部开枪。
Police responded to Hanbury Street around 4:10 p.m., and after Searle assaulted a senior constable and a taser failed, officers shot him in the stomach.
他接受了手术,在John Hunter医院康复了一个多星期,然后被拘押。
He underwent surgery and spent over a week recovering at John Hunter Hospital before being taken into custody.
Searle的案子正走向纽卡斯尔地方法院, 检察官计划撤销对谋杀未遂的指控。
Initially charged with multiple offenses, including attempted murder, Searle’s case is moving toward committal in Newcastle Local Court, where prosecutors plan to withdraw the attempted murder charge.
预计他将就与袭击警察有关的较轻指控认罪。
He is expected to plead guilty to lesser charges related to assaulting police.
该事件正由突击部队Arbor调查,并接受独立审查,案件定于星期三返回法院。
The incident is under investigation by Strike Force Arbor and subject to an independent review, with the case set to return to court on Wednesday.