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Philip Nguyen, 57, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Constable Crews, 26, who died from a bullet to the head during what he thought was a drug raid on a car park in Bankstown on September 8, 2010. As they entered the car park Nguyen jumped from behind a car with a silver pistol and fired several shots. The trainee detective was hit in the arm by a shot from Nguyen, but was killed by a stray bullet from a fellow officer in the back of the head. Nguyen was also charged and sentenced for wounding with the intent of causing grievous bodily harm.
In March 2013 Judge Fullerton sentenced for both offences and he would have been eligible for release in 2017. There was a public outcry that this sentence was too lenient. The DPP appealed the sentence. In August the Court of Criminal Appeal quashed this sentence and imposed a new sentence for both offences extending the date he is eligible for release to September 2023.
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