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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
NZ Police/supplied Their trial got underway on Monday at the High Court. Hunt died after being shot while carrying out a routine traffic stop in Massey, West Auckland, on June 19, 2020. It’s understood Hunt, who was unarmed, was shot in the abdomen and pronounced dead at the scene.
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Eli Epiha admitted killing Constable Matthew Hunt at the High Court. His colleague was shot in the leg and taken to Auckland City Hospital in a serious condition. Hunt was raised on Auckland’s Hibiscus Coast and was described by his family as a “classic coastie”. He completed a criminology degree at Auckland University of Technology and worked as a case manager at Auckland Prison before joining the police.
A car crash, screams, then 14 loud gunshot blasts 12 July 2021
25-year-old Eli Epiha has admitted murdering Auckland constable Matthew Hunt in June last year and injuring a member of the public.
But, he s on trial in the High Court at Auckland today charged with attempting to murder officer David Goldfinch, who was shot in the leg.
The jury s seen two videos.
The first CCTV footage from a backyard has the sounds of the crash, screams, and blasts from a semi-automatic firearm.
And cellphone footage shows Hunt lying in the street as Epiha s co-accused, Natalie Bracken, gets in the driver s seat of another car with Epiha.