The identity of the hero policeman who stormed the Lindt Café during a siege in Sydney in 2014 can finally be revealed following a court decision on Friday.
Known only as “Officer A” for the last decade, Ben Besant has been fighting to tell his story publicly to help deal with the PTSD that has up-ended his life.
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On Friday, his wish was fulfilled when the Coroner rubber stamped the landmark decision.
It means Besant has his identity back, and for the first time the public can see the face of the man who bravely led the assault on the Lindt Café and killed terrorist Man Haron Monis.
“I’m never one to walk away from a fight, and I have been fighting for a long time to have my name returned to me,” The former NSW police officer told Seven’s Spotlight program.
Monis took eight staff members and 10 customers hostage inside the café on Martin Pl in Sydney’s CBD on the morning of December 15, 2014.
Police evacuated the area and surrounded the building as Monis terrorised his captives, claiming he was armed with a shotgun and had a bomb in his backpack.
At 2.13 the next morning, café manager, Tori Johnson, 34, was shot dead by Monis, prompting police officers to storm the café.
Barrister and Sydney mother-of-three, Katrina Dawson, 38, died when hit by fragments of police bullets.
Besant’s name was suppressed at the time for his own protection, but it meant that he could not tell anyone what he did that night.
That decision aggravated the PTSD that has already cost him his career, marriage and home.
“It’s become such a big issue for me to be able to get my name back,” he said.
Speaking to Spotlight, Besant detailed the horrors of that night at Lindt, the 17 shots it took to bring self-declared Islamic State sympathiser Monis down and the stray shrapnel that tragically killed Dawson.
His mission now is to help other frontline responders deal with the effects of PTSD.
The court decision comes just two weeks before the anniversary of the Lindt Cafe siege.
Besant said having his identity back will help deal with what has become his most difficult day of the year.