A man with name suppression is on trial in the High Court at Auckland, accused of orchestrating the attempted murder of radio host Harnek Singh. Photo / Jason Oxenham
A man with continuing name suppression has been found guilty of orchestrating the ambush and near-fatal stab attack on an Auckland radio host he didn’t know personally but allegedly despised for his political and religious stances, while another man has been found guilty of helping to inflict dozens of stab wounds through a bashed window of the victim’s ute.
Jurors returned the unanimous verdicts for the duo in the High Court of Auckland this afternoon following 10 hours of deliberations that stretched over two days. Despite their different roles, Jobanpreet Singh and the man with name suppression were each found guilty of attempted murder.
They will both face up to 14 years’ imprisonment when Justice Mark Woolford…
