The Department of Defence has been handed a 7000-page brief of evidence after being taken to court over two soldiers being mauled in a crocodile attack.
It will be required to enter a plea in three months after being charged last month with breaching federal work health and safety laws after the men were attacked by a 2.5 metre crocodile in far north Queensland.Credit:During a mention in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday, the department’s lawyer Jackson Inglis said a 7000-page brief was received last week.The matter will be mentioned again on December 15, with Defence to enter a plea that day.
A private in his 20s and a corporal in his early 30s were given permission to go fishing at the Cape York Peninsula community of Portland Road in a defence inflatable Zodiac, the federal workers’ compensation body and safety regulator Comcare said earlier. “After anchoring the boat, the men went swimming and were almost immediately attacked by a 2.5 metre saltwater crocodile,” Comcare said.“The crocodile dragged one of the soldiers underwater and mauled him while his colleague fought off the animal, allowing the men to escape to the Zodiac.”
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