Article: SA: Government orders investigation into court room seige


AAP General News (Australia)
09-09-1999
SA: Government orders investigation into court room seige

The South Australian government has ordered an immediate investigation into security
arrangements in the court system after today's siege in which a man held a court reporter
hostage at knife-point for nearly three hours.

Acting Attorney General ROB LUCAS has asked for the investigation following the standoff
which began about 9.45am at the Sir Samuel Way building in Adelaide's city centre.

The hostage has since been released but the man, 32-year-old convicted armed robber and
former police officer WAYNE NOEL MADDEFORD, remains in ...

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