Archive for March, 2016
WINZ worker hit by three blasts, trial told
WINZ staff member Susan Leigh Cleveland probably had her right arm raised protecting her head when she was hit by the shotgun slug that killed her – the second of three shots aimed at her.
Man admits offering drugs
A man arrested by police and Customs in their Operation Hook investigation last year has admitted seven charges, including offering to supply a range of drugs.
Police tell of capture of alleged gunman
Details of a police dog’s capture of the alleged WINZ gunman in a macrocarpa hedge near Ashburton have been presented in evidence in the High Court at Christchurch.
Witness tells of chasing Ashburton gunman
A WINZ client got within a metre of the Ashburton gunman as he tried to get away and rattled him so much he dropped his bicycle helmet – which has provided evidence for the High Court trial. [Updated report]
WINZ worker tells of “playing dead” after being shot
A WINZ case manager has described how she “played dead” when a gunman shot her as she hid beneath her desk in the Ashburton office, so that she would not be shot a second time.
Suppression lifts on woman convicted of sex with boy
A jury has found a 44-year-old woman guilty on four charges of having sex with a 14-year-old boy after a five-day trial in the Christchurch District Court.
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