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Charges over police raid denied
A man arrested after a dog was shot dead by police during a search warrant raid on premises in Yaldhurst Road has denied all charges. Dean Walter Louis, a 29-year-old farm hand who lives at the...
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‘Role models’ jailed for dairy robberies
Two young men who were seen as role models in their communities have gone to jail for the armed robberies of two dairies. Christchurch District Court Judge Jane Farish told them: “It is quite...
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Man faces 47 charges
A 36-year-old man was remanded in custody when he appeared on 47 charges involving sex, kidnapping, violence, and child neglect, dating back as far as 2000. The charges include rape, assaults, and...
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Home detention granted at robbery sentencing
A young mother’s evidence against co-offenders in two dairy robberies has led to a home detention sentence being granted at her Christchurch District Court sentencing. The other two offenders received...
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Outburst in court as murder accused appears
Family of the victim again called out death threats and abuse as the man accused of murdering sex worker Renee Duckmanton appeared at a pre-trial session in the High Court at Christchurch. The family...
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Apologetic drink-driver pleads guilty
A Christchurch man who published his apology for drink-driving has now pleaded guilty to the charge – his fourth conviction for being over the limit. Christchurch District Court Judge Jane Farish said...
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Truck in fatal crash ‘had significant blind spots’
A cyclist killed by a left-turning truck was inside the driver’s “significant blind spots” said the Crown as the truckie’s trial began in the Christchurch District Court. The police have charged the...
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Conman claimed to have brain tumour
A man who told a woman he met on an internet dating site that he had a brain tumour and needed money for medication has pleaded guilty to two charges of obtaining by deception in the Christchurch...
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Safe driving tactics examined at cycle fatality trial
Safe driving tactics for truckies to keep clear of cyclists were called into question in the trial of a driver involved in a fatal crash with a Taiwanese tourist riding in Hornby. The truck driver,...
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Teacher aide jailed for sex with boy
A 43-year old woman teacher aide seen as a role model for young Maori, who had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy, has been jailed for three years six months. Raelyn Jacquelyn Te Moni, now...
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Tourist became paranoid after smoking cannabis
A German-speaking tourist from Liechtenstein became paranoid and used a pepper-spray at an Arthur’s Pass hostel after drinking beer and smoking cannabis. “Unfortunately, he smoked cannabis when he was...
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Puppy’s leg amputated after ill-treatment
A puppy’s leg had to be amputated after violent ill-treatment by 26-year-old Christopher John Cross, of Woolston. The SPCA is seeking a five-year ban on Cross owning any animals after he admitted a...
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Two decades in jail for repeat rape convictions
File image. © Andrew Bardwell A 53-year-old convicted rapist has been jailed for 20 years 6 months for sex attacks on two more victims but a judge stopped short of imposing an open-ended preventive...
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Man tried to bring pistol into Court House
A man who tried to get through the search station at the entrance to the Christchurch Court House with a loaded pistol in his pants has been granted a home detention sentence. When police searched...
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Court told of teen’s suicide ‘cluster’
A teenager who has lost 10 friends to suicide in recent years – and made three attempts herself – has been granted permanent name suppression at her Christchurch District Court sentencing on dishonesty...
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With new confidence, teenage offender looks to the army
A 17-year-old has emerged from an Army Limited Service Volunteer scheme with so much confidence and stature that it should keep him out of jail for his part in a liquor shop robbery. Tamatea Lorenzo...
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Solicitor denies drugs charge
A Christchurch solicitor has denied a methamphetamine possession charge he faced at the Christchurch District Court today. Steven Welch Rollo, 41, entered not guilty pleas to two charges before a...
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One murder verdict, two manslaughter in prison trial
File image. © Andrew Bardwell A 23-year-old inmate has been found guilty of the murder of prisoner Benton Marni Parata and two others have been convicted of his manslaughter. The verdicts were met with...
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Internet ‘blackmail’ charge admitted
A man has admitted trying to “blackmail” a woman into meeting him by threatening to post naked photographs of her on the Internet. Thomas James Burborough, 28, pleaded guilty in the Christchurch...
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Scam woman says she was ‘horrified’
A woman who raided the bank accounts of women aged 80, 93, and 94 claims she was “horrified” when she learned the nature of the scam she was involved in. The Christchurch District Court was told today...
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