Quote Originally Posted by digger View Post
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 » 03:53pm


NSW man charged with murdering cop

A man has been charged with murdering NSW police officer David Rixon.

Senior Constable Rixon, 40, was gunned down in West Tamworth about 8am AEDT on March 2 after pulling over a vehicle in Lorraine Street.

Michael Alan Jacobs, 48, was allegedly the driver of the car and the man who shot the father of six.

Jacobs also suffered a gunshot wound and has been in hospital in Newcastle under police guard since the incident.

He was charged with murder on Tuesday and refused bail, police said in a statement.

They will allege he acted alone and that the shooting arose from an attempt to submit Jacobs to a random breath test.

The matter will be mentioned in Newcastle Local Court on Tuesday afternoon.

Good to hear that he will survive to face trial.