Archive for November, 2015
Court recognises bravery of armed robbery victims
A dairy customer has got special mention at court for getting involved to foil the armed robbery of a Hoon Hay shop.
Restaurateur jailed for under-age sex
A Christchurch city restaurateur has been jailed for two years four months for having sex with a 15-year-old girl.
Brazen offender’s skilful frauds
Property and cash totalling almost $10,000 was lost when a handbag snatcher teamed up with a brazen fraudster.
Woman dealt drugs from home detention address
A woman has been jailed for 22 months for drug dealing from the Timaru house where was serving a home detention term for being an accessory to murder.
Driver in loader-chase incident remanded for sentence
A youth justice sentence of supervision with residence has been recommended for a 17-year-old who led police on a 90-minute chase across Christchurch in a stolen front-end loader.
Teen robber has spent years on drugs, alcohol
A 16-year-old involved in the violent robbery of a Woolston liquor store has already been a heavy user of alcohol and drugs for three years.
Ashburton double murder trial delayed
The trial of Russell John Tully, accused of two Ashburton murders and two attempted murders, has been delayed to next year after a hearing in the High Court at Christchurch today.
Three jailed for assault inside prison
Three men who assaulted another inmate in the Christchurch Men’s Prison on March 31, were jailed in the Christchurch District Court on charges of injuring with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
Driver gets community sentence over police chase
A 22-year-old driver involved in a police chase was sentenced to home detention and community work in the Christchurch District Court.
Lengthy cross-examination of rape complainant ends
A 17-year-old girl has ended her evidence spread over four days – mostly under cross-examination by counsel for five men accused of a Woodend sex attack – by telling a High Court jury, “I said it was rape because it was rape.”
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