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Police station roof climber heading for treatment
man who clambered around on the Christchurch Central Police Station roof is heading back into treatment for his on-going substance abuse issues. Forty-year-old Dean Paul Colledge, a bricklayer,...
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Woman denies ammo and meth charges
A woman charged with possession of ammunition and a methamphetamine pipe, and receiving stolen property after a police search of a Bryndwr home three weeks ago has pleaded not guilty and elected jury...
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Jail for teen who caused major South Shore fire
The Fire Service will get nothing back from 18-year-old Jayvan James Simms for the $40,240 it spent putting out the sand dunes fire he caused at South Shore. The fire on November 30 involved 60...
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Deported offender made arson threat
A New Zealand sex offender sent back from Australia after serving jail time has been fined for threatening to burn down the Probation Service’s Christchurch offices. Jason Mark Gibbons, 31, was also...
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Pub armed robber jailed
File image. © Andrew Bardwell Pub armed robber Anthony Reihana has been jailed for seven years six months. The prison term was imposed by Judge Raoul Neave at 47-year-old Reihana’s sentencing in the...
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Professional man faces more indecency charges
Two more indecency charges have been laid against a Christchurch professional man who denied three similar charges at a court appearance last month. The 61-year-old man has interim suppression of his...
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Shooting victim now faces arrest warrant
A man shot in the thigh in a mysterious incident in Christchurch last week has now had an arrest warrant signalled after he failed to turn up at court on his own firearm charges. The arrest warrant...
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Heavy fine for black market middleman
A Christchurch judge has sent an expensive signal to people who get involved with black market seafood. He imposed a $15,000 fine, four months of community detention, and 100 hours of community work on...
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Woman who committed stabbing will stay in care
A woman will stay in supervised care under the intellectual disability legislation for two years after she was found unfit to stand trial for an Akaroa knife attack. Christine Tucker, 65, had been...
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Jury trial ahead over Otira bus crash
A mechanic facing a serious charge over a New Year tourist bus crash on the Otira Gorge has pleaded not guilty and elected trial by jury. Sixty-eight-year-old James Henry Coakley, of Ohoka, entered his...
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No flying convictions for drone pilot
North Canterbury drone pilot Simon Roy Reeve has avoided convictions for flying his aircraft at Pines Beach without authorisation when he was taking airborne footage of fire-fighting operations....
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Shooting victim heads off arrest warrant
A man shot in the thigh in an unexplained incident in Christchurch last week has now made a voluntary appearance at court, heading off an arrest warrant that was issued for him on Tuesday. Dean Walter...
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Crash victims critical of police prosecution
A couple are disappointed with police handling of the prosecution of a septic tank truck driver who veered across the road and knocked them off their motorcycle causing serious injuries. The couple,...
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Prison may be considered for Redcliffs crash drink-driver
A judge has suggested prison could be considered for repeat drink-driver Sarah Jane Arrow who crashed into people walking on the roadside at Redcliffs. The victim, Ben Appleton, was in court to hear...
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Airport cleaner stole forfeited cigarettes
An amnesty bin where people left excess cigarettes they could not bring into New Zealand was repeatedly raided by a French citizen employed as a cleaner at Queenstown International Airport....
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Judge rejects robber’s claim of non-violence
A judge has rejected a two-time armed robber and convicted rapist’s claim that he is “not a violent man”. Jason Ross Ford, 30, made his comment in his probation interview ahead of his sentencing in the...
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Aranui dairy robbery denied
A 21-year-old Aranui man has denied robbing a Breezes Road dairy of cigarettes and cash and has elected trial by jury. Isaac Whatuira was arrested the day after the alleged robbery and charged with...
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Road-rage driver must pay $500 to victim
A pastor must pay $500 as emotional harm reparations to the victim of his road rage. The Christchurch District Court was told it was a case of road rage that went “horribly wrong” when Sione...
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Custody remand after taser robbery attempt
A 24-year-old man who allegedly used a taser to try to rob a dairy in Opawa was remanded in custody in the Christchurch District Court today. Police allege Edward Paul Paterson tried to use the stun...
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Drunken road rage assaults admitted
A 35-year-old man who was removed from the Australia-New Zealand cricket test at Hagley Oval in February, was involved in a drunken road-rage incident 12 days later. Luke Malcolm Geldard, an Australian...
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