Suppression stays after under-age Grindr hook-up
Final suppression was granted for a 53-year-old man on a charge of sexual grooming of an underage boy, because the boy had registered on the R18 homosexual dating site Grindr. Judge Kevin Phillips said...
View ArticleDairy robbed after gang threats
Two young dairy robbers, one armed with an imitation pistol, said they had been threatened by senior and intimidating gang members, and had to pay back a debt they owed for drugs. Naish’N Morgan, and...
View ArticleSuppression warning over mosque video
A 22-year-old who admits possession the mosque massacre video and the alleged shooter’s manifesto has been warned to prepare for his name suppression to be lifted when he is sentenced in September. The...
View ArticleTeen arson accused on the run
A 14-year-old boy charged with the arson of the derelict historic building Antonio Hall in Riccarton Road has absconded on bail and is on the run. Youth Court Judge Jane McMeeken today issued a warrant...
View ArticleGuilty verdict in university violation trial
A jury has rejected a 20-year-old man’s claim that a woman consented to him getting into her bed for a sexual encounter at university accommodation, and he now awaits sentencing for sexual violation....
View ArticleJudge refuses documents after forgery allegations
A judge has refused to accept any medical documents offered by a man who has twice been charged with providing false material to the courts. The 40-year-old man had offered medical certificates to...
View ArticleBackpacker arson admitted
A man admitted setting three separate fires in his room in a back-packers hostel after he had tampered with the fire escape door. In the Christchurch District Court, Maui Kereopa Rangitoheriri pleaded...
View ArticleTeen admits West Coast stabbing death
An 18-year-old has admitted manslaughter for a Greymouth stabbing incident in which he had been threatened and a lighter held close to his face. Lewis Floyd McKenzie was aged 17 at the time of the...
View Article42 guilty verdicts in three-week abuse trial
Jury members have been offered counselling after returning a clean sweep of guilty verdicts in a three-week sexual abuse and violence trial. Justice Gerald Nation told them that the court would make...
View ArticleMother-of-three sentenced for $176,000 benefit fraud
A mother of three was sentenced to home detention and community work for not telling the Ministry of Social Development that she was living with her children’s father while a $176,677 welfare fraud...
View ArticleSex workers thought they were going to die
Two terrified sex workers thought they were going to die or be seriously assaulted when they heard they were being driven to the Barbadoes Street cemetery after one of them provided services in central...
View ArticleCrown says robbery case is ‘overwhelming’
The Crown says its case is “overwhelming” against two men with Mongrel Mob patches who allegedly carried out an armed robbery seeking drugs and money at a Sydenham house. But the defence says their...
View ArticleTeen admits Antonio Hall arson
A 14-year-old boy has admitted the arson of the derelict historic building Antonio Hall in Riccarton Road. The teenager appeared in the Youth Court today and was remanded on supported bail to September...
View ArticleTeen jailed for street robbery of student nurse
A teenager has been jailed for 26 months for the street robbery of a student nurse that ramped up safety concerns in the area around Christchurch Hospital 16 months ago. The student nurse received a...
View ArticleTeen who planned attack making progress in prison
A 19-year-old who once planned a terrorist-style attack in Christchurch remains in custody after a series of intensive supervision breaches, but he has earned more NCEA credits and got his learner’s...
View ArticleTwo found guilty of Mongrel Mob robbery
A jury has rejected a Mongrel Mobster’s evidence that an unnamed associate had taken his car for a test drive at the time it was sighted at the scene of a home invasion robbery. The Christchurch...
View ArticleCustody remand after pursuit incident
A man charged in relation to one of the police pursuits at New Brighton on Wednesday has agreed to be remanded in custody at two brief appearances at the Christchurch District Court. Marcel Sydney...
View ArticleMore stupefying, sex charges laid
One of the men already charged with stupefying and sexually assaulting people faced 15 new charges in the Christchurch District Court today. All four of the men charged with the offending have name...
View ArticleSynthetics courier fined, heading home to China
The delivery driver for a major synthetic drugs ring operating in Christchurch will pay a $5000 fine today and fly home to his wife and child in China tomorrow. Heng Fu, 35, accepted a sentencing...
View ArticleCharges dropped against two robbery accused
The police have dropped all charges against two men who were accused of being part of any armed robbery gang operating around Christchurch, citing not enough evidence. The withdrawals leave just one...
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