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P-lab endangered children, police allege
Charges of endangering the health of two children by manufacturing methamphetamine have been laid against a man arrested after a raid at a Linwood property on December 3. The Fire Service was called in...
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Bail granted after arrest for Worcester St arson
Police did not oppose bail for a 39-year-old man charged with the arson of an abandoned Worcester Street property used by squatters, when he made a brief appearance in the Christchurch District Court...
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Woman charged over P-lab allegations
A woman living with children in a house in McGregors Road which was alleged to have a P-lab on the property was remanded on bail on 11 charges in the Christchurch District Court yesterday. Jasmine...
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Woman grabbed, kicked and robbed in the street
A man has admitted doing a street robbery minutes after being released on bail from the Christchurch Court House. Two members of the public intervened and caught the 26-year-old robber, Aaron Ross...
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Domestic stabbing charge denied
A 48-year-old woman has denied a serious assault charge laid after an alleged stabbing during a domestic incident in Christchurch a month ago. The woman, Nicola Ann Winter, denied the charge of...
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Tourist driver must pay $2000 to crash victim
A Chinese man must pay $2000 to the injured victim of his driving before he flies out of Christchurch Airport, bound for Auckland and Shanghai, on Saturday. Zhihao Wang, 39, was ordered to make the...
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Woman considered what she could do to boy in park
Serial offender Margaret Mabel Dodds has admitted sitting in Sydenham’s Bradford Park and thinking about what she could do to a nine or ten-year-old boy who was playing with a soccer ball. Dodds says...
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Bike thief admits repeated school raids
A serial bike thief who repeatedly raided the cycle stands at Christchurch Boys’ High School has a significant history of previous offending. Robert John Commons’ criminal history was revealed when he...
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‘Money mule’ admits involvement after online frauds
A Christchurch woman has been told to tell the police more about the fraudster who raided people’s bank accounts and then used her bank account to launder the cash. Nikita Margaret Ringdahl, a...
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Brothel in house operated ‘outside hours’
A woman has been found guilty of two charges of unlawfully permitting a suburban business in a house outside the allowable hours, but charges relating to the running of a brothel in Phillipstown have...
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Apology from the dock as jail term begins
A man called “Sorry, mate” to his victim in the public gallery at court after being jailed for three years on a charge of injuring with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. Jason Parish, 41, argued...
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‘Grow up’ message from judge in civil case
A civil action has been settled after people involved were given a “grow up” message by the judge when he had heard about two hours of evidence. Judge Raoul Neave sent the parties away to have talks...
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Fraud over quake grants admitted
Some families missed out on Red Cross donations after the Christchurch earthquakes because Donna Marie Nicola Paish had already used their names and addresses to claim hardship grants. The 40-year-old,...
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Prisoner told to stop behaving like a ‘spoiled brat’
File image. © Andrew Bardwell A tattooed prisoner with a gang background has been told by a judge to stop behaving “like a spoiled brat”. The Christchurch District Court had been told that the prison...
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Assault charge over casino incident
A Linwood man has denied a charge of assaulting a woman outside the Christchurch Casino in an incident early on New Year’s Day. Ryan Stephen Lynch, 28, faces a charge under the Crimes Act, that being a...
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Custody remand on robbery, car chase charges
Two men facing robbery charges have been remanded in custody after their arrests at the end of a car chase brought to a stop with road spikes in Beckenham yesterday. They have been jointly charged with...
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Assault, airgun charges denied
A man who allegedly assaulted his partner, and pointed an airgun at another woman at a birthday party in Rangiora, has denied the charges in the Christchurch District Court today. Marcus Noel Read...
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Third arrest for street robbery
No bail was sought when a third man appeared in court charged with a street robbery that led to the arrest of two alleged offenders after a car chase on Wednesday. Shayne Grant Kavanagh, 24, was listed...
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Man who claimed ‘love affair’ with pre-teen girl has been jailed
File image. © Andrew Bardwell A 26-year-old man who continues to claim that he and a pre-teen girl were in love and repeatedly having consensual sex has been jailed for 17 years 10 months on rape and...
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Man admits kicking, punching dogs
An Aranui man has admitted kicking and punching his two dogs during a visit to a park in New Brighton. John Noel Taukiri’s treatment of the dogs while he was drunk led to members of the public calling...
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