US police officer guilty of Justine Damond Ruszczyk murder

Former US police officer Mohamed Noor, who shot dead Australian woman Justine Damond Ruszczyk, has been found guilty of murder.

Minneapolisli eski polis memuru Mohamed Noor (sağ), Justine Ruszczyk Damond'un cinayetinden suçlu bulundu. Source: AP

A US police officer who shot dead an Australian woman in 2017 was found guilty of murder on Tuesday by a Minneapolis jury.

Mohamed Noor, 33, who was fired from the Midwestern city's police force, was convicted of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

Justine Damond Ruszczyk was shot dead by a police officer, after calling 911 about a possible sexual assault. Source: AAP

The jury, which was handed the case on Monday after three weeks of testimony from dozens of witnesses, acquitted the former officer of the most serious charge of second-degree murder with the intent to kill.

Noor was handcuffed and taken out of the courtroom in custody, according to US media reports. 

Noor had testified in court that he shot Justine Damond Ruszczyk, an Australian who had moved to the US to marry her fiancee, to protect his partner because he had feared an ambush when responding to Ms Damond Ruszczyk's emergency call. 

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