Tributes flow for murdered policeman

Updated September 27 2020 - 1:26am, first published 1:22am
Sgt Matiu Ratana was murdered by a handcuffed suspect at a London police station.
Sgt Matiu Ratana was murdered by a handcuffed suspect at a London police station.

A New Zealand-born police officer shot dead by a handcuffed suspect had moved into custody work because he thought it was safer as he approached retirement, according to a close friend.

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