Eli Epiha trial: Jurors return guilty verdicts for both defendants Eli Bob Sauni Epiha. (Photo / Brett Phibbs) Eli Epiha trial: Jurors return guilty verdicts for both defendants Tue, 27 Jul 2021, 4:07PM A man who shot dead a police constable in West Auckland last year has been found guilty of attempting to murder another officer during the armed rampage. The jury has also decided to convict the woman who drove him away from the rampage, despite claims from her lawyers that she was actually a good Samaritan only trying to prevent a "bloodbath" of police colleagues about to be ambushed as they rushed to the scene.