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 involvement in the death of a war veteran
in a hit and run incident 35 years ago.

The body of HUGH WILSON was found on the Colac-Gellibrand Road in Victoria's southwest
in September 1976.

There have been suggestions of police involvement in his death, but BRIAN MERRY, who
was a senior constable in Colac in 1976, denied any involvement in the death as he gave
evidence to the Victorian Coroners Court.

He also denied moving the 57-year-old's body or assisting in getting a police car repaired.

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KEYWORD: WILSON (MELBOURNE)

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