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The man who murdered police officer Matthew Hunt and tried to kill his partner has been jailed for life - with a minimum non parole period of 27 years.
Eli Epiha. Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro Epiha had already admitted the murder of Hunt and reckless driving causing injury. Meanwhile, the accused getaway driver Natalie Bracken has been found guilty helping Epiha avoid arrest. In the High Court at Auckland, witnesses and experts have detailed the shooting and its aftermath. Here's how it happened: 19 June, 2020 "We're being shot at." Those were some of Matthew Hunt's final words, uttered into his police radio as he stepped out of a car. He had just seen 10 shots fired at his colleague David Goldfinch. The next four bullets would take the young co...
'This is where I die': Police officer injured in Matthew Hunt shooting tells court he feared for his life as he fled gunman Newshub 8 hrs ago Alice Wilkins © Image and video Newshub The officer shot at by Eli Epiha told the court how he feared for his life. The police officer who was injured in the shooting that killed Constable Matthew Hunt in West Auckland last June has told a court the bullets that hit him felt like "an explosion of acid through his belt" and that at one point when he locked eyes with the gunman, he thought he was going to die.