Archive for February, 2016
Night intruder touched sleeping women
A 24-year-old man admitted indecently assaulting two women in their homes on the same night in June, in the Christchurch District Court today.
Sexual abuse of 12 girls admitted
A Christchurch school caretaker and bus driver who spent years sexually abusing physically and mentally disabled girls as young as five has admitted 21 charges and is in custody for sentencing in April.
Shoplifting ‘easiest way to get drugs’
A repeat offender has described his shoplifting as “the easiest way to get drugs, basically”.
Chase driver apologises for danger to public
A woman screamed in fear and thought she would die as her estranged partner sped away from police with her in the car and drove through five intersections with his headlights off.
Corrections told to ‘work harder’ to protect woman
A judge has told Corrections it must work harder to protect a woman from sexual harassment by men doing community work while she completes her own sentence.
Sentencing delay in quake hardship fraud case
The Red Cross will get a chance to say how a woman’s fraudulent quake hardship claims affected it ahead of her sentencing next week in the Christchurch District Court.
Jail likely for ‘amateur hour’ robberies
A 20-year-old is in custody after admitting he was the ringleader for two armed dairy robberies described as “amateur hour exercises” by a judge.
Suppression appeal dismissed in historic sex abuse case
Continued name suppression has been refused for an 89-year-old man facing historic sex abuse charges, in a case that went to appeal in the High Court.
Secret filming of girl was ‘despicable behaviour’
A judge has rejected a man’s suggestion that he was unaware of acceptable standards of behaviour in New Zealand after he admitted secretly video-taping a 15-year-old girl 35 times.
Custody remand for Selwyn burglary accused
Bail was refused for a Burnham man charged with a series of burglaries and theft in the Selwyn area, when he appeared in the Christchurch District Court today.
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