Tara ShaskeyOpen Justice multimedia journalist, Taranaki·NZ Herald·1 Sep, 2026 08:43 AM6 mins to readEthan Howe (left) and Stefan Hannon-McGinn have been sentenced for murdering Waitaanga Rd resident Sidney Ross Bridson and setting fire to his home with his body inside.Three years after a terminally ill man was gunned down on his doorstep and his body burned in a fire that destroyed his home, his family continues to grapple with the senseless loss.
Sidney Ross Bridson, known as Yip Yip, was ambushed by Stefan Hannon-McGinn and Ethan Howe, who arrived
