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Porepunkah property owner makes new claims about Freeman incident

ABC Australia · May 16, 2026, 4:38 AM

Key takeaways

  • Andrew Swift has made new claims in a video recollecting the day police entered his Porepunkah property to arrest Dezi Freeman.
  • The owner of the Porepunkah property where Dezi Freeman shot two police officers says he filmed the entire incident, but that his phone with the footage was confiscated by police.
  • The account is contained in an hour-long video shot in October 2025, two months after the incident, and was released by a group who Andrew Swift had met at a festival in the days leading up to the shooting.

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Andrew Swift has made new claims in a video recollecting the day police entered his Porepunkah property to arrest Dezi Freeman. (Supplied)

The owner of the Porepunkah property where Dezi Freeman shot two police officers says he filmed the entire incident, but that his phone with the footage was confiscated by police.

The account is contained in an hour-long video shot in October 2025, two months after the incident, and was released by a group who Andrew Swift had met at a festival in the days leading up to the shooting.

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