Police officer shot dead armed robber after being told not to intervene, Victorian coroner’s court told

Court hears Troy Van Den Bemt was shot six times by undercover officer during the hold-up of a bottle shop in Park Orchards

An undercover police officer who shot dead an armed robber during the hold-up of a bottle shop had been told to let the crime occur rather than intervene, a Victorian court has heard.

Coroner Jacqui Hawkins is holding an inquest into the death of Troy Van Den Bemt, who was killed in 2018 by an officer who had been monitoring the armed robber and his associates as part of a covert police operation in Melbourne's eastern suburbs.