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Jason Roberts released from custody
Jason Roberts has been released from custody for the first time in more than two decades after being acquitted of murdering police officers Gary Silk and Rodney Miller in Melbourne’s south-east in 1998.We take a look back at some photos from the case over the years.
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Police search Cochranes Road for clues on August 16, 1998.Credit:Jason South
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The crime scene in Moorabin where police officers Rodney Miller and Gary Silk where shot dead in August 1998.Credit:Wayne Hawkins
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Sergeant Gary Silk and Senior Constable Rodney Miller.Credit:Supplied
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Ian Thompson and Amanda MacIntyre with their 8-week-old baby pay tribute to the police officers on August 18, 1998. Ian was arrested by Gary Silk for car theft. Ian said "Most coppers treat you like shit, but he treated you like a human being."Credit:Jason South
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Mourners lay flowers at the scene on August 17, 1998.Credit:Jason South
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An image released by police of the make of car involved in the shootings of Gary Silk and Rodney Miller.Credit:
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A guard of honour for Rodney Miller as his funeral procession passes the Victorian Police Academy in Glen Waverly on August 20, 1998. Credit:Simon O'Dwyer
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Members of the police salute Gary Silk as the hearse carrying his body leaves the police academy on August 20, 1998.Credit:Jason South
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The funeral of murdered policeman Rodney Miller.Credit:
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Police officers gather on Mountain View Road as they farewell murdered colleague Gary Silk.Credit:Ken Irwin
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Chief commissioner Neil Comrie salutes at the funeral of Gary Silk.Credit:Jason South
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A young Jason Roberts.Credit:
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Jason Roberts, centre, is arrested in relation to the police shootings of Gary Silk and Rodney Miller in 1998.Credit:Craig Sillitoe
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Stills from footage of Jason Roberts leaving court on June 17, 2022. Credit:Nine News
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Jason Roberts is escorted into the Supreme Court in June 2020.Credit:Joe Armao
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Bandali Debs is led from a prison van at the Supreme Court on June 24, 2002.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Jason Roberts is led out of the Supreme Court in 2002.Credit:Simon O'Dwyer
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Jason Roberts is led handcuffed from a prison van at the Supreme Court on December 31, 2002Credit:Joe Armao
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Jason Roberts is led handcuffed to the prison van at the Supreme Court on December 31, 2002.Credit:Joe Armao
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Assistant Commissioner Lauren Callaway lays a wreath on August 16, 2018 as family members, police and politicians gather to commemorate the lives of Gary Silk and Rodney Miller 20 years after they were killed.Credit:Joe Armao