Two police officers involved in Melbourne man’s fatal 2024 arrest named as they face court

Luke Briggs, 35, died in a hospital’s intensive care unit eight days after his arrest in Hoppers Crossing in July 2024

Two police officers have faced court accused of unlawfully killing a man who died in hospital after his arrest inside a car park.

Cons Alexander Papanastassis, 29, and Sgt James Fitzgerald, 49, appeared in the Melbourne magistrates court on Friday morning for a brief hearing.