Woman’s driving ‘error of judgment’ caused death
A woman’s “error of judgment” leading to the death of a passenger in her car, brought a fine and driving ban in the Christchurch District Court. Judge Alistair Garland said the family of Warren Allen...
View ArticleMurder trial continues with 11 jurors
The trial of two men for the shotgun murder of Bradley Alan Lomax is continuing with a jury of 11 after one juror was discharged on only the second day. The trial is expected to last three weeks before...
View ArticleWoman says abuse forced her into crime
A woman says she was brutally abused to make her take part in a three-month crime spree. Antonia Deborah Ogilvie, also known as Rae, said she had been punched, kicked, and burned with cigarettes and...
View ArticleWoman denies visit from murder accused after killing
A woman has denied a late night visit on the night of the killing of Bradley Alan Lomax from one of the men who is standing trial for the September 2017 murder. She was questioned by defence counsel...
View ArticleSuppression granted to woman on murder charge
Name suppression was granted to a 42-year-old Motueka woman charged with the murder of a five-month-old baby, when she appeared in the Christchurch District Court today. The woman, who was meant to be...
View ArticleMail thefts alleged
Nine more charges have been laid against a 36-year-old woman who was already facing 35 charges relating to a stolen mail investigation. Anna Leigh Hunter was charged in December and remanded without...
View ArticleWoman admits $208,945 benefit fraud
A woman’s benefit frauds over more than seven years clocked up overpayments totalling $208,945. The Ministry of Social Development said it was not wanting the Christchurch District Court to order...
View Article‘Jail inevitable’ for $347,408 benefit fraudster – judge
A top-end benefit fraudster just avoided an early start to a jail term the judge described as “inevitable” for offending totalling $347,408, after asking for a second sentencing delay. Pauline Urana...
View ArticleTribesmen admit meth dealing charges
Three members of the Tribesman Outlaw Motorcycle Gang have admitted being part of a Christchurch methamphetamine dealing ring turning over hundreds of thousands of dollars. Andrew Michael Smith, 33,...
View ArticleNo bail sought on pistol charges
No bail was sought for a 20-year-old facing two pistol charges who appeared in the Christchurch District Court after his arrest in Papanui on Sunday. Police had been carrying arms while they searched...
View ArticleBradley Lomax may have been shot with second weapon, jury told
A pathologist has accepted that murder victim Bradley Alan Lomax may also have been shot in the face with a .22 calibre weapon – a wound near his lip that was missed at the autopsy. Consultant forensic...
View Article‘Shall we kill Oliver?’ killer asked
“Shall we kill Oliver?” Heath Eric Morris asked as a group drove to a Woodend property where he would bash his “friend” to death as he slept. Morris, now aged 19, today admitted the murder of Oliver...
View ArticleTrial told of shooting ‘sequence’
A sequence of shots from a shotgun and .22 rifle that struck Bradley Alan Lomax – from the account by murder accused Cody Derek Martin – has been accepted as “possible” by pathologist Dr Martin Sage....
View ArticleMurder defendants accuse each other in police interviews
Murder defendants Kasha William Gosset and Cody Derek Martin accused each other of firing the fatal shots in separate video interviews with the police after the killing of Bradley Alan Lomax. Lomax was...
View ArticleDairy robber ‘was always going to be caught’
A gun-point dairy robber was always going to get caught – he wore no disguise and he was well known at the shop he robbed. Christchurch District Court Judge Alistair Garland today praised he bravery of...
View ArticleFirelighter ‘enjoyed’ her offending
A firelighter’s comment that she enjoyed her offending was described as “alarming” by her lawyer before the woman was jailed at a Christchurch District Court sentencing. Repeat arsonist Angela Maree...
View ArticleMurder accused alleges killing ‘conspiracy’
Kasha William Gosset has given evidence blaming co-accused Cody Derek Martin and a woman for conspiring in the shooting murder of Bradley Alan Lomax. The woman has name suppression in the trial before...
View ArticleMurder accused blames ‘gangsta-rap’ for recorded threats
Murder accused Kasha William Gosset blames listening to too much gangsta-rap for the threats to kill that he has been recorded making. Gosset was being cross-examined on the ninth day of the murder...
View ArticleWomen admit rental home clean-outs
Police want $58,000 reparations from two women involved in stripping household gear from Christchurch rental properties that had been booked online. One of the women, 36-year-old Terangimarie...
View ArticleMan charged over alleged police shooting
A 33-year-old man charged over a police shooting incident in the Christchurch suburb of Richmond two weeks ago was remanded to April 1 when his case was called in the Christchurch District Court. Tolu...
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