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When Sonya Leeding's husband senior constable Damian Leeding was shot attending a botched robbery at a Gold Coast tavern in 2011, she became one of the state's most recognisable widows. More than 12 years on, she's finally found a way back to herself.
Damian Leeding was shot at Pacific Pines ten years ago today. In that time his wife Sonya has not only had to cope with his death.
'I just want a cuddle': Damien Leeding's wife tells of families heartbreak 10 years later A girl who was only four months old when her police officer father was killed in a robbery still tells her mum she "just wants a cuddle" from him 10 years after his death. Sonya Leeding has spoken about the death of her husband Damian and how it's impacting their two children - Hudson and Grace - for the first time in 10 years. The 35-year-old Detective Senior Constable was shot in the head while trying to stop an armed hold up at the Pacific Pines Tavern on the Gold Coast in 2011.