Live breaking news: Shock twist in Sydney removalist claim

Victorian Police sources have explained the removalist's story would have been clearer if the interpreter understood their language.

Sydney removalists who were blasted for not helping authorities would have been better equipped to deal with police if they had a better interpreter, sources said.

The group of removalists were largely blamed for bringing the virus into the state from NSW  - prompting its fifth lockdown.

However, The Herald Sun has now reported the removalists were willing to divulge the details with the police but the interpreter could not understand the removalists’ language.

One police source told the publication the men were more than happy to explain where they had been and what they had done.

“They’ve been thrown under the bus … made to look like shitheads when they’re not,” one source says.

In the end only one member of the crew was fined $200 for not wearing a mask.

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Originally published as Live breaking news: Shock twist in Sydney removalist claim