Belinda FeekOpen Justice multimedia journalist, Waikato·NZ Herald·14 Jun, 2026 07:00 AM5 mins to readJuan Manuel Leon Sandoval, 21, was granted a discharge without conviction after rendering his victim unconscious during a fight in Hamilton's CBD. Photo / File, 123rfA Colombian man subjected to racial abuse and repeatedly pursued by a man intent on fighting him has won his bid to avoid a conviction after leaving his aggressor with a brain injury in what a lawyer described as “extreme self-defence”.
Juan Manuel Leon Sandoval and the victim exchanged a
