Archive for July, 2014
Rapid health decline for massage offender
Rapid health deterioration while in custody awaiting sentence has struck a 60-year-old man found guilty of 14 charges of indecently assaulting three women during massages in 2012.
Woman admits stealing $472,000
The Crown wants a detailed report ahead of sentencing on the assets and income of a 41-year-old Christchurch woman who has admitted stealing almost half a million dollars.
Masseur acquitted in indecency trial
A jury has acquitted a masseur of indecently touching a woman customer, but he will leave New Zealand with his wife almost immediately.
Receiving charges laid in boat burglary case
Three fresh charges of receiving stolen property have been laid against a man who is already in custody on six charges of burgling boats in Picton.
Streaking costs naked runner
Forsyth Barr Stadium streaker Adam Steven Holtslag can do his arithmetic. Crime does not pay.
Synthetic cannabis cited as factor in abuse
A man who was dependent on synthetic cannabis has been jailed for four years nine months for the sexual abuse of his eight-year-old stepdaughter.
Delay for preventive detention decision in double rape case
A nine-day delay has been imposed while the Crown considers whether an open-ended term of preventive detention should be sought for a 19-year-old who has admitted two rapes.
Goldlocks found third couch ‘just right’
A Goldilocks intruder in a Riccarton house drank the household booze and was then found asleep on the couch.
Masseur denies indecent touching of woman client
A masseur accused of slipping a finger inside a woman’s underpants during a massage session has gone on trial on two charges of indecent assault in the Christchurch District Court.
On-line Lothario jailed for scamming women
A man described by police as an internet predator promised marriage or a long term relationship to three women he scammed after meeting them through an on-line dating site.
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