Archive for December, 2014
Driver’s licence blown away by ‘fly-bys’
A judge has coined the term “fly-bys” for drive-off petrol thefts while taking the driving licence off a 25-year-old offender.
Alleged chase driver denies charges
A man alleged to have transported a woman charged with being a drugs mule in a police chase incident on November 24 is denying all charges.
Woman jailed for $23,500 thefts from employer
Three-time thief Lynley Maria Dobson has been jailed for 18 months for stealing $23,500 from another employer.
Bizarre sex approaches to women bring jail term
A man’s bizarre sexual advances to women – while he was already on an intensive supervision sentence for sex offending – have sent him to jail for two months.
Three guilty verdicts at violation, bashing trial
A jury has found a Christchurch man guilty on charges of sexual violation and assault but has mainly acquitted him on a series of bashing charges at the end of a trial that ran for almost three weeks.
Pair jailed for ‘horrific’ petrol fire death
“I struggle to understand how anybody could treat another human being in this way,” a woman told two offenders who admitted pouring petrol over her ex-husband and burning him to death.
Public intervened after walkway driving incident
Members of the public intervened after a car was driven along the Esplanade walkway at Sumner.
EQC supervisors felt ‘duped’ by dishonest staffer
EQC supervisors say they felt manipulated and duped by staff member Epenesa Valavala who had a veneer of respectability while she was misusing the Commission’s cars, phone, and fuel cards.
Long ‘stretch’ ahead for second strike offender
A Christchurch man faces nearly four years in jail – with no chance of early release – after committing his second strike offence in which he ran over a woman he knew in an incident of jealous rage.
Escapee back in court after 33 months on the run
An escapee who allegedly did a runner out the window while having hospital treatment has been recaptured after 33 months on the run.
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