Archive for June, 2016
Guilty pleas halt armed robbery trial
A 47-year-old has admitted involvement in armed incidents at two Christchurch bars.
Drinking learner driver faces big bill for damage
A bad high speed drive on Moorhouse Avenue left a 20-year-old learner driver with injured friends and a $23,551 bill for the damage he did.
Serial lingerer jailed again
Serial offender Margaret Mabel Dodds has been jailed again for lingering near a boy at a bus stop.
Fake firearm call admitted
A 34-year-old woman admitted drunkenly calling the police and telling them there was someone in her house with a firearm – and then refusing to let the officers inside.
Waltham pharmacy robber jailed
A man who threatened terrified pharmacy staff with an imitation sawn-off shotgun before taking money and drugs has been jailed for four years three months.
Gang man can no longer live outside prison
A heavily facially tattooed man with gang links has spent so many years in prison he does not know how to live on the outside, the Christchurch District Court was told as he was jailed again.
Man denies sex offending spanning 49 years
A 65-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to 12 sex abuse charges spanning 49 years.
Remand inmate admits prison bashing
A Christchurch man who bashed a fellow prisoner with a shower head in a sock while in custody over two police car chases has pleaded guilty and been jailed for three years.
Behaviour improves for melodramatic offender
A man whose bizarre behaviour in court meant he was remanded in custody, was much better behaved at his sentencing today with only a few outbursts.
$80 Ashburton robbery admitted
A knife-wielding man demanded $80 from the lone attendant at an Ashburton service station, and told her it was to pay a bill after an automatic teller transaction failed.
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