Key Posts 5.12pm Slain fugitive could become sovereign citizen ‘martyr’: criminologist By
Self-described sovereign citizen Dezi Freeman could become a hero for fringe conspiracy groups after being killed by police following a lengthy stand-off, according to a leading criminologist.
The 56-year-old self-described “sovereign citizen” was shot by police following an hours-long stand-off at a remote property in Victoria’s north-east on Monday.
Criminologist Harry Hobbs said “sovereign citizen” or “pseudo-law adherent” were umbrella terms for a broad spectrum of people who essentially did not believe the law applied to them unless they consented to it.
Dezi Freeman. Marija Ercegovac Freeman appeared to have been at the extreme end of that spectrum, a violent and dangerous “true believer”, the University of NSW associate professor told AAP.
4.56pm In pictures: The scene today By
Our photographers are at the property where Dezi Freeman was shot on Monday morning.
Dozens of police cars remain at the site, with officers pictured carrying large evidence bags.
An officer carries a brown paper bag from the site. Justin McManus The police BearCat leaving the scene. Justin McManus A heavy police presence remains at the property. Justin McManus 4.01pm Heavy police presence remains at Freeman’s hideout By Lachlan Abbott
More than a dozen police vehicles – marked an
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