Archive for July, 2015
Pilot fined for breaches
A helicopter pilot was fined $3600 on a representative charge of operating an aircraft without a medical certificate, and a charge of failing to maintain an accurate logbook.
Man denies Ihaka Stokes murder charge
Not guilty pleas have been entered by the man accused of assaulting and murdering 14-month-old Ihaka Paora Braxton Stokes.
Women in custody over pellet gun incident
Two women being held in custody are denying any role in an alleged pellet-gun robbery in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Group admits taking 10,000 cockles
Four people who took more than 10,000 cockles on a family outing to Saltwater Creek, North Canterbury, have admitted breaching the amateur fishing regulations.
Quake stresses led to forgery, frauds
Stresses arising from the Christchurch earthquakes have been blamed for a flurry of quake fraud and forgery offending by a woman with a history of mental instability.
Eight-year jail term for sex attack by taxi driver
A taxi driver’s sex attack on an intoxicated and sleeping woman passenger showed “a degree of planning, sophistication, and thought” said the Christchurch judge who jailed him for eight years.
Attempt to take synthetic cannabis into jail
A Bromley woman who tried to take synthetic cannabis into prison has been sentenced to 120 hours community work.
Court appearance on ram-raid charges
A young man facing charges over alleged ram-raids on two service stations and one dairy in New Brighton has appeared in the Christchurch District Court.
Street kid using cannabis since age eight
A Christchurch street kid who stole the donations box from the cardboard cathedral has admitted being a cannabis user since he was aged eight.
Complaints laid over broken arms in Casino fracas
Police have reopened investigations into two assault complaints by Christchurch Casino patrons who allege their arms were broken by a security officer during a fracas outside the main doors.
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