Archive for July, 2015
Teen accused’s absence halts jury trial
A judge has decided not to put a teenager on trial in his absence on a robbery charge after he failed to turn up at the Christchurch Court House.
Man admits repeated violations
A 49-year-old man has admitted repeated sexual violations of a girl from the age of 10 and is in custody awaiting sentence on 16 charges.
Investigation into baby’s death
Canterbury Police are investigating the death of a 15 month old baby.
Driving charges over petrol station damage
A teenage driver has been remanded to get legal advice on charges relating to an incident in which two petrol pumps were wrecked at the Kirwee Challenge service station.
No more punishment for mother, judge decides
There will be no more punishment for a woman from a migrant family who hit her daughter with a piece of wood, a judge has decided.
Custody remand for police pursuit accused
A 21-year-old has been remanded in custody after a police pursuit on Buckleys Road in Linwood, which ended after he was tracked by police dogs.
Roper shut out of his own assault trial
Prison inmate Nikki Roper has been shut out of his own trial after a corridor confrontation with the four Corrections officers minding him at the Christchurch Court House. [Updated report]
Roper warned about disruption at prison assault trial
Prison inmate Nikki Roper was warned that if he disrupted a trial on charges of assaulting two Corrections officers, he would be shut out and the hearing would go ahead without him.
Convicted killer begins another bid for release
Convicted rapist and murderer Richard Lyall Genge has again begun trying for force his release, 21 years after his jailing.
Woman repays $12,000 stolen from bank
A woman who has paid over $12,000 reparation to a bank she stole from was sentenced to four months home detention in the Christchurch District Court.
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