Payments of $419,000 ordered for workplace death
A Christchurch engineering firm must pay a fine, reparations and costs totalling $419,176 over the June 2017 death of a worker who was crushed by a beam that toppled as it was being moved. The name of...
View ArticleFinally, an apology before life terms for murder begins
Heath Eric Morris has finally apologised to the family of the 20-year-old he bashed to death in his sleep, just before he began his life term at his sentencing in the High Court at Christchurch. The...
View ArticleGuilty plea from mosque abuser
A 33-year-old labourer has pleaded guilty to yelling abuse at people outside the Al Noor Mosque on Wednesday, and has been remanded on bail for sentencing. Daniel Nicholas Tuapawa was wearing a Donald...
View ArticleWarning over threats or support in mosque video prosecutions
A judge has warned people about making threats or offering support online to the men facing charges over handling of the mosque shooting video. Death threats have already been made, Crown prosecutor...
View ArticleScribe left Christchurch after mosque shootings
Christchurch’s mosque shootings have caused rapper and hip-hop artist Scribe – who is a Muslim – to leave the city and breach the supervision sentence he was already serving. The 39-year-old performer,...
View ArticleSecond man charged over King Cobras murder
A second man, Daniel Gary French, has been charged with the murder of King Cobras gang member Luke Sears who was shot and killed at Charing Cross in October. French was already in custody on remand on...
View ArticleMonitored bail for teen charged over mosque video
Electronically monitored bail was granted to an 18-year-old who had been charged with offending linked to the mosque shootings video. The teenager still has name suppression, and was charged with...
View ArticleDenials on mosque disturbance charges
A 66-year-old man allegedly involved in repeated disturbances outside Christchurch mosques has admitted three trespass charges but denies six other charges and the case is heading for trial. William...
View ArticleVideo offender thought live stream of mosque murders was ‘awesome’
Christchurch business-owner Philip Neville Arps said the Facebook live-stream of the mosque murders was “awesome” when police questioned him about distributing the video. When they asked him about all...
View ArticleMen admit 40kg meth importation from Mexico
Two Christchurch men have begun significant jail terms after admitting importing nearly 40kg of methamphetamine from Mexico in a shipment of safety lights in 2017. Bail was refused when Johnathan James...
View Article17 sex allegations at trial
A 37-year-old man has gone on trial on 17 sexual assault charges against three women, one of them aged 11 years when the alleged offending began. Prosecutor Sean Mallett outlined alleged offending from...
View ArticleScammer and shoplifter avoids jail time
A judge struggled with what to do about scammer and shoplifter Reiana Janine Hilton, and decided in the end that supervision, counselling, and a job were the answer. Hilton, a 36-year-old mother, was...
View Article$300,000 offences alleged
Thefts and frauds amounting to almost $300,000 are alleged against a man and a woman who faced a total of 82 charges at the Christchurch District Court. The pair are jointly charged with stealing...
View ArticleMan admits driving Greymouth murderer to shooting scene
A Cobden man who drove George Sean Warren to the Greymouth house where he shot Hayley Jane Williams to death has admitted a manslaughter charge, six days ahead of his murder trial. Cory Robert...
View ArticleBaby’s limbs would have been ‘whiplashing’ during shaking
Broken bones indicated that infant Carter Hutton would have been shaken so violently by his father, Hayden Anthony Gray, that his arms and legs would have been “whiplashing”, a judge has ruled as he...
View ArticleImprovised explosive devices listed in charges
No bail was sought for a 33-year-old man charged with unlawful possession of improvised explosive devices in an incident that cordoned off an area of Phillipstown on Tuesday. The man, Jay Michael...
View ArticleFriend killed by driver ‘showing off’
Drunk and showing off the power of his V-8 Holden Commodore, Walter John Gosling reached 236km an hour near Winchester before the crash that killed his friend. Ricky James Foster, 34, was killed by...
View ArticleIRD’s ‘madness’ may lead to less money, says lawyer
A lawyer says Inland Revenue’s refusal to compromise over a Christchurch businessman’s $900,000 tax fraud reparations is “madness” and may lead to less money being collected. Defence counsel Nick Rout...
View ArticleAnother burglary gang member pleads guilty
Another member of a massive organised gang of burglars and thieves has pleaded guilty, admitting 51 charges at the Christchurch District Court. Sharn Robert Noble, 21, is facing a long jail term after...
View ArticleMigrant being sentenced knew mosque victims
An Egyptian migrant who knew some of the victims of the Christchurch mosque massacre has been given a chance by a judge when he appeared for sentencing on earlier assault and weapons charges. George...
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