Vic court to hear audio of police shooting

Dashboard camera footage and audio from a police vehicle will be played in court to determine whether a veteran policeman should stand trial for murdering a man during a traffic stop.

Leading Senior Constable Timothy Howard Baker, 45, appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates on Wednesday charged with murder over the 2013 shooting death of Vlado Micetic.

Baker fired three shots at close range at Mr Micetic in Windsor on August 25, 2013, killing him.

The highway patrol officer says he acted in self-defence after the 44-year-old pulled a knife as Baker was trying to arrest him.

But prosecutors allege the policeman planted the knife.

Baker was arrested and charged with Mr Micetic's murder in October last year.

After spending almost two weeks in protective custody, he was granted bail by the Victorian Supreme Court and admitted to a psychiatric hospital, where he remains.

The defence has said Baker has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder since the shooting and had made two serious attempts on his own life.

Colleagues who spoke to Baker immediately after the 2013 shooting will likely give evidence about his state of mind at the time, Crown prosecutor Andrew Tinney says.

"A policeman ... who is one of the police officers who made observations of the accused on the night," he told the court.

The woman who was in the car with Mr Micetic when he was pulled over is expected to give evidence at a committal hearing.

The full audio of events before and after the shooting, as well as footage from a police dashboard camera, will also be tendered as evidence.

"You're going to have to play the video and you're going to have to play the audio," magistrate Charles Rozencwajg said.

Baker's bail has been extended until he returns to court for a seven-day committal hearing in August.

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