Australian government put Manus staff at risk of harm in lead-up to deadly riots, court told

Lawyer for Grant Potter and 17 other security officers claims they were failed by government and their employer, G4S

A security officer at the Manus Island detention centre suffered severe psychiatric injuries after the Australian government and his employer, G4S, failed to provide him and other staff with adequate safety equipment, training and support in the lead-up to riots that left one person dead and 77 people injured, a court has heard.

A trial brought by the law firm Arnold Thomas & Becker on behalf of Grant Potter and 17 other G4S security officers who were injured in the Manus Island unrest in February 2014, began in Victoria’s supreme court on Monday.

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