20 Aug 2025

Soldier sentenced for attempted espionage

From Checkpoint, 4:25 pm on 20 August 2025

A soldier with links to far-right groups and who thought he was spying on New Zealand for a foreign power was sentenced today for attempted espionage.At a court martial at Linton Military Camp near Palmerston North, after 24 hours of deliberations, Judge Kevin Riordon delivered lengthy sentencing remarks. Reporter Jimmy Ellingham was at the first-of-a-kind hearing and spoke to Lisa Owen.