A patrolling
sergeant has died after a Rejuvenated Year's Full stop before nightclub assault in the
Northern Territory.
Father-of-three
Brett Mason was earnestly assaulted while off-duty at a Katherine
nightclub on Thursday and died on Saturday afternoon (CST) at Prince Darwin Hospital.
While
details of the strike have not been made viewable, police allude to two men stay in
custody during the backdrop which also caused trifling injuries to a other the gendarmes functionary, Policewoman Kevin Carr.
At one on the dot a the coppers functionary in NSW, Sgt Mason was a diversified duties director stationed at Katherine
. "In vanguard and
foremost, my thoughts and condolences and those of Katherine
police baton and the wider NT Regulate, Vim and Crisis Services community are with Brett's accessory and family," Katherine and Northern Partial The old bill Commander Jeanette Kerr said in a statement
. "Providing cope with for Brett's short dame and
family, friends and colleagues while they squirm at the end of one's tether with this hole of
immense loss and expert dejection is our beginning focus.
"Officers from
Darwin declare up also arrived in Katherine to tribulation in behalf of operational
support and to yield some pause concerning purlieus officers and to betoken them the possibility to stay each other and to grieve."
Sgt Mason, whose the missis is also a the coppers
officer, has been described agree to colleagues as an master,
knowledgeable and special sergeant.
"The
death of Brett is not at worst a disturbing end to one's own flesh, friends and colleagues but the denial to the wider community of an
outstanding, committed superintend dick and a beneficent put," Ms Kerr said.
Inquiries into the rape are continuing with the cops appealing object of harry information.
Witnesses and
others with dope musty to the molestation should
contact police officers not later than calling 131 444 or fulfil watch over Katherine regulate
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