Archive for August, 2015
Prison murder trial set for May
A May trial date has been suggested for three men charged with the murder of 44-year-old Benton Marni Parata in Christchurch Men’s Prison five months ago.
February date set for Samson murder trial
A three-week trial for Zariah Jae Samson has been scheduled to begin on February 8 in the High Court at Christchurch on a charge of murdering a 30-year-old Ashburton man.
New Brighton Mall assault admitted
A 19-year-old has admitted an assault on an elderly man in the New Brighton Mall on July 15, in the Christchurch District Court today.
Windfall for kindergarten from woman’s fraud
A judge has turned a woman’s fraudulent raffle into an instant fundraiser for the Sumner Kindergarten.
Suppression continues to September for child murder accused
Continued name suppression has been refused by the High Court for the 22-year-old man charged with the murder of 14-month-old Ihaka Paora Braxton Stokes but the interim order will stay in place until mid-September.
Offer of police help spurned by offender
An anti-drink-driving video produced by an Amberley man while in prison on remand for an ugly, violent incident is now being used around schools.
Bail refused after man found in roof space
Bail has been refused for a 38-year-old man who was caught hiding in the roof space of a Wainoni Road house after breaching his previous bail.
Abuse allegations date back up to 46 years
Childhood sexual abuse allegations dating back up to 46 years are being put before a jury in a week-long trial in the High Court at Christchurch.
Force of attraction leads to jail term
The force of teenage attraction led Leo Kent Riley-Archbold to breach his home detention sentence – almost from the moment it began.
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