This is Australian True Crime with Michelle Laurie.

Earlier this week, fugitive Desi Freeman was shot dead by Australian police after seven months in hiding.

Freeman had been on the run since August last year when he shot and killed two police officers

at his rural Poropunker property before disappearing into dense bushland.

Police say the 56-year-old, linked to sovereign citizen ideology, died following an

hours-long standoff after refusing to surrender.

Today, we examine what we know so far about the case, the manhunt and the broader concerns

around anti-government extremism with Holly Hales, Chief of Staff at the Australian Associated Press.

This is Australian True Crime.

We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast is created,

the Wurundri Woi Warang people of the Koolin Nation.

And a warning, this episode of the podcast contains graphic descriptions of violence.

So it started last August, late August.

If you're in Victoria, you know that's almost like the crest of spring up in the high country.

So there's a town called Poropunker, which is near Bright,

which is a very popular tourist town, beautiful part of the state, extremely dense bushland.

And 10 police go out to Desi Freeman's house. It's a property that he lived with his family on.

And they had a warrant regarding historical child sex offences.

I think that's really important to, you know, reiterate that this wasn't a man who

was being persecuted for no reason.

They weren't police rocking up because he was of his political beliefs or anything like

that.

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