Gang prospect guilty of murder

Mongrel Mob prospect Hulio Henry Ataria has been found guilty of murdering a father of three fatally stabbed outside a Central Hawke's Bay country tavern last year.

Mark Allan McCutcheon, 34, died from one of three stab wounds after an altercation outside the Sandford Arms Tavern in Ongaonga on January 23 last year.

A Napier High Court jury of 11 took four hours today to find Ataria, 23, guilty of his murder.

- NZPA