Lack of Punjabi interpreter delays Sudbury murder trial

An effort by a Sudbury man to withdraw his plea of guilty in his wife’s murder more than three years ago has been delayed. A Punjabi interpreter failed to show up on Friday in Sudbury court to assist the accused, Hatinder Sharma. As a result, the case was adjourned to a tentative date of Dec. 19. Sharma pleaded guilty on March 10 to second-degree murder in the death of his wife, Kanika Arora, 27, in their Spruce Street home on Aug. 11, 2022. A sentencing hearing for Sharma, 37, was set for