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Role in $8.3m Ponzi scheme admitted
A Christchurch man has admitted his role in an $8.3 million Ponzi scheme that drew in 900 investors. Jimmie Kevin McNicholl, 56, today admitted the fraud charge – obtaining registration as a Financial...
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Church fundraiser leads to $6750 fines
A church involved in a pork-meal fundraiser which has led to the prosecution of a dairy and its owner has made no offer to help with the legal bills nor the fine. Instead, the dairy owner – her...
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Gang picked wrong house
A gang’s “visit” to a random house went disastrously wrong when it was found that a policeman lived there. The Charteris Bay home invasion last July has led to a two-year seven-month jail term for one...
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Pharmacy robber handed over knife
An armed pharmacy robber said he meant business, but he handed over the knife he was holding when shop staff asked him to, the Christchurch District Court was told. The man, David Anthony Foley,...
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Bank card skimmers face rapid deportation
Two Canadian bank card skimmers can expect deportation any day after being sentenced for their hopeless venture into the multi-billion dollar financial crime industry. The uncle and nephew have been...
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Some ‘hiccups’ but progress for youth who planned attack
A few “hiccups” but overall the monthly report card is a Pass for the youth who once planned an ISIS-style terrorist attack in Christchurch. The judge’s comments at a monitoring session at court hinted...
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Couple fights to keep suppression
Name suppression for a couple who have been charged with a $1.4m theft will be appealed in the High Court in Christchurch after Judge Paul Kellar refused to continue the order today. The jointly...
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Alleged victim accused of telling ‘evolving’ story
The complainant in a rape, kidnapping, and bashing trial has been accused by the defence of telling an “evolving” story. After hearing closing addresses by the Crown and defence, and the summing up...
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Life parolee recalled to prison
Convicted murderer Dean Raymond Purdy has been remanded in custody on charges of breaching his life parole and possession of cannabis, after two weeks on the run from police. He was arrested in the...
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Preventive detention to be considered after rape verdicts
Luke James Henry The Crown is asking for an open-ended preventive term to be considered for Luke James Henry, after a jury convicted him on charges of kidnapping, choking, and raping a woman. The...
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Travellers had meth hidden in their bodies
A woman who arranged for two travellers to fly into New Zealand from Hawaii with more than $200,000 of methamphetamine hidden internally has been jailed for three years six months. Shimaine Laura...
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Jail for property commission frauds
Property consultant Stephen Rolf Gubb has been jailed for two years nine months for commission frauds on deals relating to the Izone development in Rolleston. The Christchurch District Court was told...
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Conspiracy, revenge and lies claim at abuse trial
A jury will have to decide whether conspiracy, revenge, and lies has led to a 45-year-old man being put on trial for child sex abuse offending. The Crown says that in spite of a series of incidents –...
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Guilty verdict in tinny house robbery trial
After a short retirement, a jury convicted Rory Manuel of the armed robbery of a tinny house in which a man was shot in the neck. After giving its verdict with less than an hour of deliberations, the...
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Child sex abuse claims rejected by jury
A jury has thrown out all 18 child sex abuse charges against a West Coast man who had been blackmailed by two of his three accusers. The emphatic clean sweep of not guilty verdicts was delivered by the...
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Arrest warrant pending in unlicensed building case
An arrest warrant will be issued in a week for an Otago man who faces a series of charges of doing unlicensed building or inspection work in Christchurch. Christchurch District Court Judge Gary...
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Custody remand after alleged police dog attack
No bail application was made for a 29-year old man charged with wounding a police dog in an overnight incident at Kaiapoi. Christchurch District Court Judge Gary MacAskill remanded Joshua Luke Cooper,...
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‘Cleaner’ jailed for organised crime involvement
A 34-year-old man who “cleaned” some of the electronic gear allegedly stolen by a crime ring involved in 55 burglaries has been jailed for 17 months. Andrew Karl Radcliffe will be released from prison...
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Shotgun and hammer used in robbery, police allege
Two men – one of them a sex worker – have been remanded on serious assault and armed robbery charges at the Christchurch District Court. They face a joint charge of robbing a man of a laptop while...
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Remands after dairy robbery incident
Police opposed bail for one of the two men charged over a robbery incident at an Addington dairy. The men made brief appearances before Community Magistrate Leigh Langridge at the Christchurch District...
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