Anyone found to be harbouring or assisting accused double murderer Dezi Freeman faces up to 20 years in jail, a legal expert warns, as one of Australia’s largest ever manhunts enters its fourth week.

Freeman allegedly shot and killed Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson , 59, and Senior Constable Vadim De Waart-Hottart , 35, and injured another officer during an operation to serve a warrant on the 56-year-old at a property near the town of Porepunkah on August 26, before fleeing into bushland at the foot of Mount Buffalo.

Fugitive Dezi Freeman. Credit: Marija Ercegovac

He has not been seen since.

Police have offered a record $1 million reward for any information leading to Freeman’s capture and have repeatedly said they could not rule out the possibility the alleged

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