![]() Dubai police said they had fallen overboard while the ship was returning to Dubai.įorensic tests carried out in New Zealand and Great Britain, however, showed that both men were killed before their bodies were dumped in the Gulf.Īccording to Christchurch forensic pathologist Dr Martin Sage, Aaron Hopa's throat injuries were of life-threatening severity, similar to those made by a karate-chop or a blow with an object. Inititally it was thought that they had drowned. "Someone knows what went down, who killed the boys and for what reason," he told The New Zealand Herald newspaper.Īaron Hopa and British diver Robert Glazzard were working on the MV Seabulk Hercules when they died. The verdict comes 20 months after Jim Hopa launched his own investigation into the circumstances surrounding his son's death.Īfter the hearing in the Hopas' home town of Timaru, Jim Hopa vowed not to rest until the truth about the death of his son came out. Hopa, son of a senior New Zealand policeman, died as a result of "an unlawful act by a person or persons unknown," coroner Edgar Bradley said. ![]() Aaron Hopa, one of two divers who died under mysterious circumstances while working on a Dubai-based survey ship, was murdered, an inquest has ruled.
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