Colin Winchester

Colin Stanley Winchester

Born	18 October 1933(1933-10-18)
Died	10 January 1989(1989-01-10) (aged 55)

Colin Stanley Winchester APM, (18 October 1933 – 10 January 1989) was an Assistant Commissioner in the Australian Federal Police (AFP). Winchester commanded ACT Police, the community policing component of the AFP Australian Federal Police responsible for the Australian Capital Territory.

On 10 January 1989, at about 9:15 pm, he was shot twice in the head and killed as he parked his police vehicle in the driveway of his house in Deakin, ACT. David Eastman was convicted of Winchester's murder.

Winchester is Australia's most senior police officer to have been killed.^[1]

References

^ Jarrett, Janice (1995-11-04). "Murder of Assistant Commissioner Winchester". The Canberra Times (Fairfax Media). http://www.afp.gov.au/media-centre/publications/platypus/previous-editions/1999/october-1999/murder.aspx. Retrieved 2010-05-21.

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Name	Winchester, Colin
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Date of birth	18 October 1933
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Date of death	10 January 1989
Place of death	canberra at his home