Jury Finds Driver Guilty of Murdering Nelson Police Officer Lyn Fleming in New Year Crash
Jurors must decide whether Tasker intended to kill when he drove at two officers, after hearing from more than 40 witnesses over two weeks.
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Police welcome verdict in murder trial following officer’s death
A police officer was killed and another injured when a man drove a vehicle into them in Nelson on New Year’s Day last year. Times file photo Police say they welcome a Christchurch High Court jury’s ruling that the death of senior sergeant Lyn Fleming was an act of murder. Yesterday 33-year-old Hayden Tasker was found guilty of murder and wounding with intent causing grievous bodily harm. Tasker drove a vehicle into Fleming and her colleague seni…
Jurors told to be certain of murderous intent for guilty verdict
Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming. Photo: NZ Police By Anna Sargent of RNZ High Court jurors have been told they need to be sure the man who killed a Nelson police officer had murderous intent when he drove at her to find him guilty of murder.
Tasker guilty of murder over fatal Nelson police attack
A Christchurch High Court jury has found Hayden Tasker guilty of murdering Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming and seriously injuring Senior Sergeant Adam Ramsay after deliberately driving into the officers during New Year’s Day patrols in Nelson last year. State media reported prosecutors argued Tasker used his vehicle as a weapon, accelerating toward the officers out of anger at police, while the defence claimed the intoxicated 33-year-old was suicida…
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