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Life Sentence for New Year's Day Killer | Auckland News
Hayden Tasker has been sentenced to life without parole for the brutal New Year’s Day attack that killed police officer Lyn Fleming and critically injured her colleague, Senior Sergeant Adam Ramsay. Tasker, who was over three times the legal alcohol limit, used his vehicle as a weapon — a claim the jury rejected, finding intent. Fleming’s family spoke with raw, heartbreaking grief: her son vowed not to let hate define their loss, her daughter described the shattered joy of losing a mother who made her feel safe, and her husband called Tasker’s actions cowardly, hoping his prison sentence…
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