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CORONIAL INQUEST SHOWN FINAL MOMENTS BEFORE FATAL SHOOTING

The terrifying moments before police shot dead a postal worker, carrying a knife, have been shown during a coronial inquest in Newcastle.

Stephen Hodge, who had been diagnosed with several mental illnesses, was gunned down by officers in 2015, after initially threatening his manager.

And we warn some viewers may find the footage confronting.

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Tyson Cottrill

Tyson Cottrill is a senior reporter and newsreader for Nine NBN News, based in Newcastle. As the Chief Court Reporter, Tyson has covered some of the biggest court cases from across the Hunter and northern New South Wales. Tyson started with the Nine Network in 2007 and has worked in newsrooms in Sydney, the Gold Coast, and Brisbane. A proud Novocastrian, Tyson has spent the majority of his journalism career reporting on the stories that matter in his hometown. Tyson has a Bachelor of Communications from Charles Sturt University.

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