Former Melbourne cop Timothy Baker said he was defending himself when he fatally shot a driver and after a month-long murder trial, he is a free man.
Mr Baker, 46, was on Friday acquitted of murdering 44-year-old Vlado Micetic during a traffic stop at Windsor in August 2013.
Prosecutors claimed the former leading senior constable planted a knife at the roadside scene to cover up a "spur of the moment crime".
But after a trial that lasted more than four weeks, the jury took less than five hours to find Mr Baker not guilty.
A Victoria Police spokeswoman said Mr Baker was charged in the same way as any member of the public, and like everyone else, he can apply to rejoin the force.
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