This bent cop, Roger Rogerson, has been knocking people off since the 70's here. It only took 30 years for something to finally stick.
Sydney (AFP) - Two former Australian police detectives, including a once decorated cop who has spent time in prison and been linked to underworld figures, were Wednesday found guilty of murdering a university student during a drug deal.
Roger Rogerson, 75, and Glen McNamara, 57, had pleaded not guilty to killing 20-year-old Australian Jamie Gao, whose body was found floating off Sydney in 2014.
Both men blamed each other for shooting Gao dead, but a New South Wales Supreme Court jury found each man guilty of murder and supplying a large commercial quantity of the drug ice.
"While this is the verdict our family were hoping would be delivered, true justice can never really be served," a statement from Gao's family read, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.
"No 20-year-old deserves to lose their life over a stupid mistake."
The court heard that the former policemen lured Gao to a meeting at a small storage unit in suburban Sydney, shot him, and stole the 2.78 kilograms (6.1 pounds) of ice the business student had brought with him to sell.
After stuffing his body into a surfboard bag, they drove it to McNamara's boat and dumped Gao at sea in a plan which was undone by a fisherman spotting it six days later.
During the hearing, both men claimed the other had fired the fatal shots, with Rogerson reportedly saying he entered the storage unit to find "an Asian man lying on the floor... and he was dead".
McNamara said that Rogerson, who fatally shot a drug dealer in 1981 while trying to arrest him, had shot Gao and then threatened to hurt his family unless he helped dispose of the body.
Neither Rogerson or McNamara, who will face sentencing hearings next month, have been police officers for years.
Rogerson was dismissed from the force in 1986 following allegations he improperly associated with known criminals and was later jailed for conspiracy. McNamara reportedly left the police force in 1990.
Former Australia detectives guilty of student murder
Sydney (AFP) - Two former Australian police detectives, including a once decorated cop who has spent time in prison and been linked to underworld figures, were Wednesday found guilty of murdering a university student during a drug deal.
Roger Rogerson, 75, and Glen McNamara, 57, had pleaded not guilty to killing 20-year-old Australian Jamie Gao, whose body was found floating off Sydney in 2014.
Both men blamed each other for shooting Gao dead, but a New South Wales Supreme Court jury found each man guilty of murder and supplying a large commercial quantity of the drug ice.
"While this is the verdict our family were hoping would be delivered, true justice can never really be served," a statement from Gao's family read, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.
"No 20-year-old deserves to lose their life over a stupid mistake."
The court heard that the former policemen lured Gao to a meeting at a small storage unit in suburban Sydney, shot him, and stole the 2.78 kilograms (6.1 pounds) of ice the business student had brought with him to sell.
After stuffing his body into a surfboard bag, they drove it to McNamara's boat and dumped Gao at sea in a plan which was undone by a fisherman spotting it six days later.
During the hearing, both men claimed the other had fired the fatal shots, with Rogerson reportedly saying he entered the storage unit to find "an Asian man lying on the floor... and he was dead".
McNamara said that Rogerson, who fatally shot a drug dealer in 1981 while trying to arrest him, had shot Gao and then threatened to hurt his family unless he helped dispose of the body.
Neither Rogerson or McNamara, who will face sentencing hearings next month, have been police officers for years.
Rogerson was dismissed from the force in 1986 following allegations he improperly associated with known criminals and was later jailed for conspiracy. McNamara reportedly left the police force in 1990.
Former Australia detectives guilty of student murder
