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Man who 'engineered' neighbour's death jailed

Summary by Otago Daily Times
Mathew David Hannon has been sentenced for his role in the death of Sidney Ross Bridson at Waitaanga, a small settlement east of Taranaki, in October 2023. Photo: Open Justice / NZME A long-standing dispute between two neighbours in a remote rural settlement ended with one supplying a loaded shotgun, and the other's body discovered in his torched house.

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Man who 'engineered' neighbour's death jailed

Mathew David Hannon has been sentenced for his role in the death of Sidney Ross Bridson at Waitaanga, a small settlement east of Taranaki, in October 2023. Photo: Open Justice / NZME A long-standing dispute between two neighbours in a remote rural settlement ended with one supplying a loaded shotgun, and the other's body discovered in his torched house.

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Otago Daily Times broke the news in Otago, New Zealand on Wednesday, October 8, 2025.
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