Archive for April, 2014
Attacker pleads guilty to sexual violation, murder charges
Aaron Rhys McDonald has pleaded guilty to the sexual violation and murder of Christchurch caregiver Amy Elizabeth Farrall as part of his South Island rampage last month.
Axe swung in family dispute
A teenager swung an axe during a family argument straight after arriving home from his Stopping Violence course.
Serial trespasser claims link with murdered woman
Depressed by the murder of Amy Elizabeth Farrell who had previously been her caregiver, serial offender Margaret Mabel Dodds says she was trying to commit suicide on the day of her latest arrest for trespass.
Second time attacker has destroyed an eye, jury told
After convicting Jordan Patrick Isle of an eye-gouging attack, a jury was told it was the second time the violent 23-year-old had destroyed the eye of a victim.
Man says he is too scared to name attacker
A man accused of an eye-gouging attack says he did not do it and the real attacker is too scary to name.
Judge reticent about sex victim reading statement
A judge has grudgingly allowed one child sex abuse victim to read her statement in court, after the victims had declined a restorative justice meeting where they could have confronted the offender.
Three young red zone offenders jailed
Three young men were called “mindless idiots” by a judge who jailed them all for burgling and vandalising 11 red zone properties in east Christchurch and setting one alight.
Attack victim told of eye ‘popping’
An Oxford man says he heard a “pop” as a man gouged his right eye during an attack in his bed, a Christchurch District Court assault trial has been told.
Legal high led to neighbourhood rampage
A 28-year-old Avonhead man has been granted a discharge without conviction after his first venture into using a type of synthetic cannabis led to him doing $5271 damage around the neighbourhood.
Two remanded in custody on armed robbery charges
Two men have been charged with aggravated robbery following an incident at the Brickworks Restaurant and Bar in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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