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Fracas after court room jump
A man was grabbed and subdued amongst the public seating after jumping from inside the dock in Christchurch’s main police court.
Drugs offered for sale on social media
A man admits offering cannabis for sale on social media until his New Brighton home was searched in a police raid on the King Cobra gang in August.
Quake-hit company kept trading through ‘loyalty to staff’
Loyalty to staff in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquakes eventually led to a knitwear company being liquidated and left the firm’s owner being prosecuted for a $250,000 unpaid tax bill.
Charges denied by Loburn shooting accused
A 34-year-old man today faced two fresh charges after being arrested last month for an alleged shooting of a woman at Loburn.
No sympathy from teenage robber
A teenager says the shop worker he robbed at the Woolston Night n Day store in Ferry Road “must be used to it” by now.
Teen robber now seen as ‘success story’
A 14-year-old who terrorised staff in two armed robberies of the same Christchurch petrol station is now being seen as a youth justice success story.
Custody remand for $17.5m Ponzi schemer
Paul Clifford Hibbs is in jail awaiting sentence after admitting running a Ponzi scheme that took $17.5 million – much of it from elderly victims.
Suppression on Lincoln sexual assault charge
An 18-year-old has been granted name suppression on a charge of assault with intent to commit rape at Lincoln University.
Lawyer punched at the Court House
An offender punched a duty lawyer at the Christchurch Court House when he was told he was too drunk to appear in court.
An ‘execution’ in Methland
A jury took two-and-a-half hours to reject Peter John Carroll’s account of the death of Marcus Luke Tucker – that the assault with a fearsome metal steering lock was just Tucker being taught a lesson.
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