Jason Roberts walks free after being found not guilty of 1998 murders of two Victoria police

Jury clears Roberts of murders of Sergeant Gary Silk and Senior Constable Rodney Miller, two decades after original conviction

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Jason Roberts has walked free after two decades in prison with a fresh jury finding him not guilty of murdering two Victoria police officers in 1998.

After a four-month trial in Victoria's supreme court, jurors on Monday returned their not guilty verdict for the murders of Sergeant Gary Silk and Senior Constable Rodney Miller.

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