Archive for August, 2013
Violent offender tells victim to ‘man-up’
A man whose “appalling” record of violent offending was the worst a judge had ever seen was jailed for five years nine months today.
Public indecencies alleged
A 63-year-old man facing two charges of doing an indecent act in an Opawa Park has been granted a registrar’s remand for three weeks to arrange legal advice.
December date for murder trial
A woman’s murder trial delayed this month because of the illness of her defence counsel has now been set for December 2.
Police seek offender in Hornby robbery
Christchurch Police are appealing for information about a man who robbed a Hornby dairy at knife-point.
Home detention for 86-year-old sex offender
Twenty years after doing a “deal” with the family of his victims when they confronted him about indecencies with two small girls, a Christchurch man has faced sentencing for his crimes in the District Court.
Scalding water attack in women’s prison
A rare second-strike warning has been given to a woman prisoner who tossed a bucket of scalding water over another woman inmate, causing skin to peel off.
Drug importation alleged
August 23, 2013: Remand appearance on bail for a 37-year-old woman child care worker, whose name is suppressed, charged with importing a class A drug, methamphetamine, which Customs had intercepted on its way in to New Zealand from South Africa.
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