Emails reveal Qld Police had prior information about Wieambilla shooter
Emails have revealed Queensland police had detailed information about one of the Wieambilla killers well before he took part in the shooting murders of two police officers and a civilian on Queensland's Darling Downs last year.
Category
đŸ“º
TVTranscript
00:00 We had a tip-off that a regional council had provided detailed information about Nathaniel
00:08 Train and the legal activity to police nearly a year before he took part in the Wianbilla
00:16 killings. We put a right to information request to the Goondiwindi Regional Council for any
00:24 correspondence between police and the council and were able to obtain emails from a council
00:30 officer that showed he had provided quite specific details about illegal activity involving
00:38 Nathaniel Train. That illegal activity was the fact that Nathaniel Train had breached
00:44 the New South Wales/Queensland border during COVID-19 restrictions. At the same time as
00:50 that breach he had been reported to be carrying firearms and had then gone on the run in Queensland
00:56 with those firearms. The council officer had been so specific he had even identified Nathaniel
01:03 Train, his name, and he provided that information to police.
01:08 So Rory, what is the significance of this email?
01:13 It appears to show police had nearly a year to investigate illegal conduct by Nathaniel
01:20 Train in the lead up to him taking part in those killings. It also seems to indicate
01:26 that they were unable to locate him or interview him or take any sort of further action to
01:34 curtail his access to firearms in the months leading up to the Wianbilla killings. There
01:43 also the Queensland Police have said they are conducting their own investigation into
01:49 the handling of that probe. They have their ethical standards unit conducting an investigation
01:56 into that and a report from that investigation will be provided to the Queensland Coroner
02:03 in February of next year.
02:05 [BLANK_AUDIO]