VIC:Former Vic officer denies hit-run

AAP General News (Australia)
08-26-2011
VIC:Former Vic officer denies hit-run

A former Victorian policeman has denied any alleged involvement in the death of a war
veteran who was killed in a hit and run 35 years ago.

The body of HUGH WILSON was found on the Colac-Gellibrand Road in Victoria's southwest
in September 1976, and suggestions that police were involved are now being examined at
a coronial inquest.

BRIAN MERRY, a senior constable in Colac in 1976, has told the inquest today that he
believed anti-police feeling in the town may have led to unfounded rumours of police involvement
and says he had no part in the death.

He's also denied moving Mr WILSON's body or assisting in getting a police car repaired.

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KEYWORD: WILSON (MELBOURNE)

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