NZ internet troll faces assault sentencing

A TEENAGE internet troll is due to be sentenced for assaulting an Australian television journalist during an interview in New Zealand.

Tristan Barker, son of former Split Enz drummer Michael Barker, will be sentenced in Rotorua District Court on Friday after pleading guilty to assaulting Seven Network's Today Tonight reporter David Eccleston.

The assault took place in Rotorua in March during an interview that focused on Barker's internet trolling, which took place when he was living in Australia.

Barker, who now lives in Melbourne, was due to be sentenced in August, but Judge Ian Thomas adjourned the case to allow Barker to complete an anger management course.

On Monday, Judge Maree Mackenzie adjourned the case until Friday to consider Barker's application for a discharge without a conviction.

His lawyer Bill Lawson said he had undertaken counselling and written a letter of apology to Eccleston, fulfilling a police request prior to sentencing.

Barker's Twitter profile says he is: "A young man with a computer and a guitar, described by authorities and newspapers as a blight on society".

He has 16,000 Twitter followers and 259,000 followers on Facebook.

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