Judge sides with DPP in INDECOM counter

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Judge sides with DPP in INDECOM counter

THE Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has failed to get the courts to review the lawfulness of a 2018 decision by the director of public prosecutions (DPP) not to prosecute two policemen for an incident that resulted in the fatal shooting of a man.

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Judge sides with DPP in INDECOM counter

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