Hayden Tasker during the trial.
The man who drove into police officers in Nelson and killed Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming has been found guilty of murder.
Fleming and Senior Sergeant Adam Ramsay were on foot patrol in Buxton Square in the early hours of New Year's Day last year when they were hit by a car driven by Hayden Tasker.
Tasker, 33, has been on trial at the High Court at Christchurch for murdering Fleming and seriously injuring Senior Sergeant Adam Ramsay.
After just a few hours of deliberations, jurors returned to deliver their verdict this afternoon, finding him guilty on both counts.
