Sea of blue circles officer's coffin as funeral begins

Sea of blue circles officer's coffin as funeral begins

Heartbroken family, friends, colleagues and political leaders are farewelling the first of two police officers killed while trying...

Sea of blue circles officer’s coffin as funeral begins

A sea of navy blue has surrounded the coffin of a young officer gunned down in his prime as the hunt continues for his alleged killer. Senior Constable Vadim De Waart-Hottart, 34, is being farewelled by loved ones, friends, colleagues and political leaders at a private funeral at the Victoria Police Academy on Friday. Ahead of the service, the area around the academy in Melbourne’s east was eerily quiet as hundreds of members, alongside police d…