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Three men have been charged in connection with a group attack on a Calgary journalist for which a fourth man has already been convicted.

Calgary police communications manager Mike Nunn confirmed Friday charges of assault have been laid against the trio in connection with an Aug. 19, 2018, attack on Kumar Sharma.

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The three men, Gurpreet Singh Mann, 50, Gurpreet Sandhu, 38, and Harjeet Singh, 44, have all been released on promises to appear in court early in the new year.

They are accused in connection with an incident at a Punjabi concert in the city’s northeast Skyview community where Sharma was attacked by as many as seven assailants.

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In sentencing Harwinder Guraya last month to 18 months of probation, provincial court Judge Peter Barley called the group assault “cowardly.”

“It was by a mob, which faced no harm from the one victim, lying defenceless on the ground,” Barley said.

But the judge stopped short of finding Guraya’s motive was to stifle the free speech of Sharma, a Calgary South Asia radio host.

Barley noted Guraya denied he was motivated by Sharma’s journalistic opinions and Crown prosecutor Samina Dhalla was unable to call evidence to show it was.

“If the victim had been targeted because of his work as a broadcast journalist, this would be an aggravating factor,” Barley said.

KMartin@postmedia.com

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