Wounded constable kept away from ED as doctors tried in vain to save partner s life
Constable Matthew Hunt has been remembered in Parliament. Photo / Supplied
Wounded constable kept away from ED as doctors tried in vain to save partner s life
A paramedic who was among the first to help injured Constable David Goldfinch last year testified that she waited with him in the ambulance outside the hospital, then took him in a different entrance so he wouldn t see emergency department staff trying in vain to save his partner s life.
St John emergency medical technician Joanne Stuart told jurors at the trial of Epi Bob Sauni Epiha, who is charged with the attempted murder of Goldfinch, that she was called to quite a chaotic scene in West Auckland on the morning of June 19, 2020.
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Eli Epiha on trial at the Auckland High Court.
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Meanwhile, a second officer who was shot in the leg and seriously injured can today be named as David Goldfinch.
RNZ can reveal 25-year-old Eli Epiha pleaded guilty to Hunt s murder and dangerous driving last Wednesday.
A court order meant the plea could not be reported until now.
Epiha denies the attempted murder of Goldfinch and he is on a trial before a jury of seven men and five women in the High Court in Auckland.
Justice Venning told the jury that they must not assume because he was guilty of murdering Hunt, that he was automatically guilty on the attempted murder