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Jul 2020
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"all of sudden this kid emerges, holding...

TRUE CRIME AUSTRALIA
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An armed offender, soaked in petrol and holding a lighter, was one of the first members of the public Mark Zjedlar encountered as a raw young cop - the start of a career that took him to the mean streets of Sydney’s drug gangland and the disturbing wor... 
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