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Damage payment ordered for ramming patrol car
A 20-year-old has been ordered to pay a $5134 bill for the damage he caused in a chase when he rammed a police patrol car with a car he had unlawfully taken. The owner of the car will get first...
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Gang claim withdrawn in firearms burglary
Since admitting a firearms burglary at his grandparents’ farm, a 21-year-old has also admitted that he made up his claim of being under pressure from a patched gang member. The probation officer and...
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Teenager’s rape proved, jury finds
A 17-year-old girl was raped and sexually violated by two men on the roof of the New Brighton Surf Club, a Christchurch District Court jury has found with a series of guilty verdicts. The jury found...
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Elderly absconder arrested in Australia
An 89-year-old man who fled New Zealand while facing sex charges dating back 52 years has been arrested in Australia and will be back in the Christchurch District Court tomorrow. Interim name...
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Maximum Youth Court sentence for dangerous digger chase
The drinking habits of the parents of a 16-year-old who took a stolen digger on a dangerous joyride across Christchurch have been roasted by a Youth Court judge. Judge Jane McMeeken even suspected that...
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Cheeseburger robbery teen jailed
A teenager has gone to jail for three years for a bashing and two street robberies which included a cheeseburger as part of the loot. Liam John McNeil seemed angry about the jail term he received at...
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Revenge attack leads to jail term
File image. © Andrew Bardwell A man who says he set out to teach another man a lesson by setting fire to his Woodend home and bashing him with an iron bar outside his workplace has been jailed for...
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Alleged child abuser refused bail
Bail has been refused for an 89-year-old man flown back to Christchurch from Australia while he faces child sex abuse charges dating back up to 52 years. The man had been detained at Brisbane Airport...
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Pyromania issue raised as man admits Ferry Rd arson
The issue of pyromania – compulsive fire lighting – was raised when a 31-year-old admitted setting the fire that destroyed the Image Vault business premises in Ferry Road two weeks ago. Kyle Stuart...
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August date for Upper Riccarton murder trial
A 17-year-old charged with the murder of an 87-year-old man at a house in Upper Riccarton will face trial in the High Court at Christchurch on August 22. The trial date for Taniela Kotoitoga Waitokia...
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Woman faces wounding charge
Bail was granted to a 48-year-old woman facing a serious wounding charge after an alleged stabbing at an address in Hornby on Thursday. Nicola Ann Winter was remanded without plea to January 5 by Judge...
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Suppression appeal filed for alleged absconder
Appeal papers filed at the Christchurch Court House yesterday will keep interim name suppression in place for an 89-year-old facing historic sex charges after he headed for Australia while on bail last...
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Judge delays sentencing to forewarn victims of road-rager
A judge has paused a sentencing to try to ensure that a family who was menaced by a road-rager were forewarned that he would be returning to their rural community as part of a home detention sentence....
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Basher’s last minute apology to mother
File image. © Andrew Bardwell Douglas James Archer’s apology to his 82-year-old mother for the vicious beating he gave her with an axe handle didn’t get him any reduction on his 14-year jail term. The...
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Social worker admits email ‘violation’
A respected Christchurch social worker has to pay $3000 to a woman after sneaking into her email account and sending her intimate images he found there with gross and degrading messages. The woman told...
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Man denies North Canterbury robbery charge
A man has denied a charge of robbery of a wallet and two cell phones while using a firearm after an incident in North Canterbury last week. Police allege Jed Mathew Waghorn, a 21-year-old plasterer,...
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Meth habit came to a sorry end
A 26-year-old methamphetamine addict was found unconscious in his car with $11,297 cash strewn about inside the vehicle. The story of Jamie Charles Boyce’s addiction was set out in court. It began as...
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Psych report ordered in ill-treatment case
A psychiatric report has been ordered on an 18-year-old who has admitted four assaults on women, ill-treating a pet rat and a puppy, and damaging a bus. Christchurch District Court Judge Jane Farish...
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Theft of livestock charges dismissed
All charges have been dismissed against a North Canterbury couple who faced allegations of stealing livestock. Christchurch District Court Judge Jane Farish decided that police had had long enough to...
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Court told of ram-raid teen’s unpromising start
A teen’s unpromising start in life as the son of a notorious criminal has been described in court as he began a jail term for a series of New Brighton ram raids. Terrance McDonald, an 18-year-old from...
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