Archive for August, 2015
Bail granted to Ihaka Stokes murder accused
Bail has been granted to the 22-year-old Christchurch man charged with the murder of 14-month-old Ihaka Paora Braxton Stokes after a hearing in the High Court at Christchurch.
Office staffer denies $107,000 theft
An office administrator is denying stealing $107,000 from the Christchurch rebuild firm where she worked.
Suppression lifts on woman in hot poker assault case
Name suppression has lifted on a Fijian-Indian woman convicted of assaulting two boys with various household items, including burning one of their mouths with a hot spoon and poker.
Teen admits being in ram-raid car
The 17-year-old girl found in a car involved in the New Brighton ram-raids on July 29 has pleaded guilty in the Christchurch District Court.
No parole for second-strike robber
A 22-year-old will serve all of his three-year jail term for a series of street robberies without any prospect of parole, because he is a second-strike offender.
Bashing sentencing delay ‘disgusting’, says victim
An 81-year-old mother bashed by her son has decried another delay in his sentencing as “disgusting”.
Sex nuisance put behind bars again
Peter James Ashwell’s nuisance sex offending continues – and so does his jail time.
Identity thief went through court appearance
A North Island man is hoping the police will drop his drink-driving prosecution because he wasn’t the man who did the drinking, nor the driving, nor appeared in the Christchurch District Court.
Woman breaks free from the Mob
The actions of a gangland relative who forced Melissa Melanie-Jane Laxon into meth-dealing to repay a debt were described by a judge as “contemptible or despicable”.
Bail refused for murder accused
Thirty-four-year-old Redwood labourer James Stedman Roberts, charged with the murder of his autistic step-son, was declined bail in the High Court in Christchurch today.
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