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Woman pleaded to live after shooting
A woman says she pleaded for her life after her ex-partner shot her in the leg at close range with a pump action shotgun in front of her two children. “Please don’t kill me. My kids need me,” she said,...
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Shooter says he didn’t know gun was loaded
Soon after shooting his ex-partner in the leg with a shotgun, a Loburn man told both his neighbour and a police constable: “I didn’t know the gun was loaded.” The Crown is alleging at the Christchurch...
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Man apologises for trial outburst
A man has apologised for his outburst that led to a jury being hurriedly ushered out of court after it had found him guilty of importing methamphetamine from Mexico. “He apologises for the way he...
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Loburn man insists he called 111 after shooting
Loburn man Luke Adam Nickless is adamant that he phoned 111 after he says a shotgun went off accidentally in his hands, shooting his ex-partner in the leg. The police say they can find no record of the...
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Jury convicts man over shotgun blast
A jury has rejected a Loburn man’s claim that the shotgun blast that felled his ex-partner was an accident. It convicted Luke Adam Nickless, 35, on the charge of wounding Renaye Strachan with intent to...
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April date set for Avonhead murder trial
April 1 has been set for the murder trial of 20-year-old Katrina Roma Epiha, over the death of a woman at an Avonhead Road property in August 2017. The date was confirmed for the two-week trial at a...
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Suppression appeal filed in racing case
Appeal papers have been filed for a 30-year-old Christchurch man fighting to keep his name suppressed after his arrest as part of the police’s Operation Inca horse racing drugs investigation. The man...
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Stabbed pet given a ‘voice’ in court
Duncan McCormack ensured that his Jack Russell Skipper had a voice in court. The Waltham man read out a touching victim impact statement about the dog’s pain, suffering, and continued nervousness after...
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Stupefying, sex charges denied
A man charged with stupefying and sexual violation has denied all charges and been remanded for a Crown case review hearing in November. The 33-year-old man’s interim name suppression was continued...
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13-year term for child sex offender
File image. © Andrew Bardwell Two child victims of a sex offender jailed for 13 years 6 months had kept their “poise and dignity” throughout the court process, a judge noted at the Christchurch...
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Bail granted to teen murder accused
Electronically monitored bail has been granted to a 17-year-old youth charged with the murder of 41-year-old West Coast man Cyrus Alexis Alupis six weeks ago. The bail was granted to Lewis Floyd...
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‘Terrifying’ low-level buzz by microlight
A microlight pilot who “buzzed” a couple on a beach at Barrytown, on the West Coast, has been banned from flying for six months and fined $4500. Judge Stephen O’Driscoll said at William Alan Weir’s...
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Businessman ready with $205,000 tax repayment
Financier and hospitality businessman Hayden George Jones is ready to pay back $205,000 to Inland Revenue before he faces sentencing in 10 days for failing to pay tax obligations. The reparations...
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Suppression for Ilam Road murder accused
Name suppression was granted when a 52-year-old Upper Riccarton man’s murder charge was called at the Christchurch District Court, to give time to tell people of his arrest. The man did not attend the...
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Burglar who trashed houses jailed
File image. © Andrew Bardwell A thief and burglar with a $600-a-day meth habit caused “maximum mess and destruction” as he raided homes, said the judge who jailed him for four years six months....
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Police accept fatal crash driver was not texting
Police have accepted that no cell phone was involved in a fatal head-on crash that killed a motorcyclist, but questions remain about whether the car driver black-out or dozed off. Twenty-four-year-old...
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Name suppression lifts on Woodend murder accused
Name suppression has lifted on an 18-year-old who today denied the murder of a man whose body was found at a Woodend property early in July. Heath Eric Morris, of Woodend Beach, denied the charge of...
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Meth user was spending time with ‘dregs’
A Christchurch man’s life spiralled out of control when he began using meth and associating with people a judge described as “dregs”. Christchurch District Court Judge Raoul Neave told Andrew Garth...
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Home detention granted for tax offending
Home detention has been granted to hospitality businessman Hayden George Jones for unpaid taxes after the earthquakes brought his pub and brewery enterprises to a halt. Jones, a 43-year-old father,...
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Motel cleaned out by non-paying guest
A 34-year-old woman did a runner without paying after spending three nights at an Amberley motel and stealing household goods worth $8500 from the unit. She also went to a Christchurch car yard and...
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