Archive for August, 2014
Jail term ‘sweet as’ says convicted meth dealer
A convicted methamphetamine dealer seemed pleased with the five-year three-month jail term he got at his Christchurch District Court sentencing.
‘Remarkable’ sex abuse victim praised at sentencing
A West Coast sex abuse victim was described as “a truly remarkable young woman” as her abuser was jailed for 14 years 4 months in the Christchurch District Court.
Elderly man stood up to robbers
A 72-year-old man bravely stuck up for himself during a home invasion robbery by a sex worker and two male associates.
Threatening stalker may drive family from NZ
A Christchurch woman is considering moving overseas with her family to escape the man who has stalked her for four years and is now threatening to abduct her, torture her, and cut her throat.
Meth supplied to teen before dog cruelty
A 17-year-old was taking methamphetamine supplied by his mother’s partner the night he cut the throat of the family dog.
Street abuse led to double stabbing
Two men were stabbed in the abdomen in a Merivale incident that began with abuse yelled from a passing van and “the fingers” being given in reply.
More serious charge laid over alleged domestic assault
Police have laid a more serious charge against a 46-year-old man charged with seriously injuring his short-term partner who was hospitalised after the alleged July 20 assault at a Sockburn house.
Driver in shotgun incident gets community work
A 38-year-old who drove two men away from the area after one of them allegedly fired four shotgun blasts into a tree at Rawhiti Domain, New Brighton, has been ordered to do community work.
Violent offender facing four protection orders, and prison
Four women now have protection orders out against Robert James McAllister who has begun a jail term for assaulting two of them.
Bail granted on stabbing charge
Police did not oppose bail for a 21-year-old woman charged over an incident in which a man was stabbed in the head in New Brighton at the weekend.
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