New Zealand man sentenced for threatening to kill PM Ardern

Michael Cruickshank stands outside the North Shore District Court in Auckland (New Zealand Herald via AP)

A New Zealand man has been sentenced to one year in prison for threatening to kill Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Prosecutors said Michael Cruickshank, 56, sent 88 lengthy emails to government officials in 2019 and 2020, calling them criminals, slave-traders and state-sanctioned terrorists.