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The family of murdered police office Lyn Fleming say the way she died was was "nothing short of barbaric".
Senior Sergeant 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.
Hayden Donald Jason Tasker has pleaded not guilty to murdering Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming in Nelson early on January 1 and intentionally causing grievous bodily harm to Senior Sergeant Adam Ramsay. They were struck by a vehicle while on foot patrol in central Nelson early on New Year’s Day.
Tasker, 33, was today found guilty at the High Court at Christchurch of murdering Fleming and seriously injuring Senior Sergeant Adam Ramsay.
