The Fresh Start

This week's program has the happiest of endings - one nobody would have predicted a decade ago. When Australian Story first met young Detective Sergeant Simon Illingworth, he’d taken a brave stand against crooked colleagues and was paying a terrible price. He'd been bashed, isolated and threatened by police connected to Victoria’s notorious Gangland Wars. His personal life was non-existent and he was he says 'Victoria's most ineligible bachelor'. But for Simon Illingworth, speaking out was a 'game-changer'.