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Ultimately, in executing the operation, the trainees were found to have used considerable force, menacing a number of the staff and guests with weapons and physically assaulting the hotel manager.

Hope found Ryan to be at fault for authorising the training operation in a public place using concealed weapons.

Ryan resigned in February 1984.

Hope said it was not part of his Terms of Reference to make findings or recommendations on whether any individual had committed any offence.

However he did note that the individuals could potentially be prosecuted by the State of Victoria with a long list of criminal offences, including possession of firearms without a licence, possession of prohibited implements ( including machine guns, silencers and housebreaking tools ), aggravated burglary in possession of a firearm, common assault, wilful damage to property, possession of a disguise without lawful excuse and numerous motor vehicle offences.

More than a year after the raid, the Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions concluded that while certain offences had been committed, including criminal damage and assault with a weapon, there was insufficient evidence to charge any person with a specific offence.