1 Dec 2022

First person convicted of sabotage in NZ faces three years in prison

From Checkpoint, 5:20 pm on 1 December 2022

The first person in this country to ever been charged and convicted of sabotage is facing just over three years in prison.

62-year old Graham Philip was sentenced today in the High Court in Hamilton.

The anti-Covid mandate campaigner damaged infrastructure owned by national-grid operator Transpower.

Our reporter, Andrew McRae was in court.