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Siege survivor inspires youth

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Police STAR Group officer, Derrick McManus was 35 years old when he was shot 14 times and lay bleeding for three hours at the scene of a two day siege at Nuriootpa in 1994. 

On Thursday, just a handful of kilometres from where those events unfolded, Derrick returned to give a 45 minute speech to youth, mentors and other community groups at The Father’s Farm on his life experience and the c...


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