Archive for July, 2015
Shoplifting financed drugs habit
A brazen shoplifter who was stealing trolley-loads of expensive goods to pay for his drugs habit will serve an extra year in jail.
Woman who killed toddler admits benefit fraud
Thirteen years after she was jailed for the death of her toddler niece Lillybing, Te Rerekino Harawera-Namana has received a home detention sentence for an $82,000 benefit fraud.
Meth-user jailed for rape of girl
A long-term meth-user with what probation called “an abominable history of violence” has now been jailed for nine years for the rape of an adolescent girl.
Kaiapoi man on home invasion charges
A Kaiapoi man faces serious charges after an alleged home invasion attack in Oxford last month.
Jailed blackmailer claimed ‘sex addiction’ as motive
A clinical psychologist has ruled out “sex addiction” as the motive for a 22-year-old’s manipulation and threats that led to charges of blackmail and fraud.
Mother charged with failing to get care for boy who died
The mother of five-year-old Leon Michael Le Fleming Jayet-Cole who died after being admitted to hospital with serious head injuries last month has been charged with failing to get medical treatment for him.
Robber gets ‘choice’ sentence
“Choice” said an offender with heavy facial tattoos as he was jailed for two years for what a judge called a nasty and serious robbery.
Jealousy fuelled arson attack on house
Seven people were inside the Christchurch house where Anthony Bruce O’Riley threw a Molotov cocktail in a fit of jealous rage.
Man was going to mall ‘to stab a woman’
When an intellectually disabled man was stopped in Shirley Road with two knives in his pockets, he told police he was going to The Palms shopping centre to stab a woman.
Magic mushroom chocolates found in car
Police found chocolates laced with magic mushrooms when they stopped a car driven by Steven Le Ray Ozanne.
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