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Martin Dole says the officers involved remain on duty while the DPP decides whether they will be charged. (ABC News: Lisa McTiernan)<\/p>\n
In an update on the investigation on Monday, NT Police Acting Commissioner Martin Dole said police had now completed the autopsy and handed their finalised brief of evidence to the NT Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).<\/p>\n
“As part of our obligations, we have compiled a full and comprehensive brief of evidence, which has now been provided to the DPP,” he said.<\/p>\n
“It is the Director of Public Prosecutions that will now determine whether criminal charges will be laid against any officer or officers involved.”<\/p>\n
Asked what the autopsy showed, the acting commissioner said he would not “comment specifically on the autopsy” in order to maintain the “independence” of the DPP to consider the evidence without “influence”.<\/p>\n
Police have been investigating the incident since May, including waiting on the results of autopsy reports, but until Monday had not released any further information on the matter.<\/p>\n
Delay causes ‘anger and hurt’<\/p>\n
NT Police’s community resilience and engagement command executive director Leanne Liddle acknowledged “there will be anger and hurt in the days and weeks ahead” and called for calm while the process runs its course.<\/p>\n
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Leanne Liddle has called for calm and patience during a process some feel has already “taken too long”. (ABC News: Lisa McTiernan)<\/p>\n
“People have said that this process has taken too long, but we’ve had to wait this period of time to get the brief together and the information together before we move forward,” she said.<\/p>\n