A sniper involved in Sydney's Lindt Cafe siege has lodged action against NSW Police, alleging he and fellow officers were prevented from doing their jobs.
The officer, who can only be identified as Sierra 3-1, alleges in a 30-page affidavit he has suffered psychological trauma due to decisions taken by his superiors during the siege on 15 December in 2014 in which 17 people were taken, hostage.
The Daily Telegraph reports the civil action, lodged in the NSW District Court on 12 April, will be heard next year in a one-day hearing.It follows another complaint he made to the Law Enforcement Conduct Commissioner that was dismissed, that claimed senior officers perjured themselves at the initial inquest.
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