Man sentenced for vigilante attack on autistic man in St Andrews

Tuesday 9 December 2025 · 3 outlets · 2 reports · updated Tue 9 Dec 2025, 8:55pm

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Sheldon Roma was sentenced to four months of home detention following a mistaken identity vigilante attack in St Andrews. Roma and two others assaulted an autistic man on Sandwich Road. A request for permanent name suppression for Roma was unsuccessful.

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1. Waikato TimesTue 9 Dec 2025, 1:38pm

   Thug beat and kicked autistic man in ‘mistaken identity’ vigilante street attack (opens in new tab)

2. RNZTue 9 Dec 2025, 8:55pm

   Sheldon Roma’s attack on autistic man was ‘mistaken vigilante justice’ (opens in new tab)

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