Senior Constable Allen Nash probably did everyone a favour when he put a bullet into Nikolaj Russin's heart.

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The shooting happened at Primbee in 1956 when a mortally wounded Nash returned fire at Russin - a man who no-one was going to grieve over.

Certainly not his estranged wife Maria. When she heard the news Russin had been killed, she was relieved.

"This is the first day of peace I have known for 11 years," she said. "Something vile and horrible has left my life."

Russin was a violent man very well known to the l

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