Police deny knowing of plan to let armed group commit crime, Victorian inquest into robber’s death hears

Court hears Troy Van Den Bemt was shot dead at a bottle shop by an undercover officer who was monitoring him

Undercover police officers tailing a group of suspected armed robbers deny they knew of a plan to allow the men to commit a crime if they could not be safely arrested first, the Victorian coroner's 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 an operation in Melbourne's eastern suburbs.