AAP General News (Australia)
12-11-1998
Vic: Tanner assault charge adjourned till January
MELBOURNE, Dec 11 AAP - A Victorian police sergeant, yesterday found by a coroner to have
shot dead his sister-in-law 14 years ago, will contest assault charges against him next year.
Detective Sergeant Denis Tanner has been charged with the assault of a newspaper
photographer outside Melbourne Coroners Court on December 12 last year.
In Melbourne Magistrates Court today, Tanners lawyer Tony Hargreaves said the matter was
to be heard on January 21 and 22 next year.
Det Sgt Tanner, suspended from duty yesterday, did not appear in court today.
State Coroner Graeme Johnstone yesterday found Det Sgt Tanner had contributed to the death
of 27-year-old Jennifer Tanner, found dead at her property in central Victoria on November 14,
1984.
Det Sgt Tanner has not been charged over her death.
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KEYWORD: TANNER ASSAULT
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