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Philip Neville Arps, left, appears for sentencing in the Christchurch District Court, in Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, June 18, 2019. The Christchurch businessman who shared a video of worshippers being slaughtered at a New Zealand mosque has been sentenced to 21 months in prison. John Kirk-Anderson/Pool/AP
WELLINGTON, New Zealand—A Christchurch businessman who shared a video of worshippers being slaughtered at a New Zealand mosque was sentenced on June 18 to 21 months in prison.
Philip Arps had earlier pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing the video, which was live-streamed on Facebook by a gunman on March 15 as he began killing 51 people at two mosques.