Home australia newsTwo police officers involved in Melbourne man’s fatal 2024 arrest named as they face court

Two police officers involved in Melbourne man’s fatal 2024 arrest named as they face court

australia newsSeptember 12, 2025

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Luke Briggs, 35, died in a hospital’s intensive care unit eight days after his arrest in Hoppers Crossing in July 2024

Two police officers have faced court accused of unlawfully killing a man who died in hospital after his arrest inside a car park.

Cons Alexander Papanastassis, 29, and Sgt James Fitzgerald, 49, appeared in the Melbourne magistrates court on Friday morning for a brief hearing.

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