NSW:Asian man with silver gun confronted cops

AAP General News (Australia)
12-06-2011
NSW:Asian man with silver gun confronted cops

A court's heard a detective who accidentally fatally shot a colleague during a drug
raid in Sydney told police they were confronted with an Asian man pointing a silver pistol.

Detective Senior Constable DAVID ROBERTS is in the witness box at the committal hearing
of 55-year-old PHILIP NGUYEN, who is accused of the manslaughter of Constable WILLIAM
CREWS.

In a recorded police interview, played in Burwood Local Court today, Detective ROBERTS
is heard saying he, Constable CREWS and other officers entered the basement of a unit
block at Bankstown at about 9pm on September eight to execute a search warrant for drugs.

He says as they were walking towards the garage he heard Constable CREWS yell out the
word gun and then saw a grey-haired Asian man in a crouched position holding a silver
pistol with both hands.

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KEYWORD: LEGAL: NGUYEN (SYDNEY)

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