Archive for June, 2016
Laptop filming charge dismissed
A judge has ruled that a 34-year-old man unlawfully installed a programme to take videos on a woman’s laptop computer but he has found that the man did not realise the laptop would operate in her bedroom.
Church fire was ‘revenge on God’
Cheyenne Destiny Jade Reed said he set fire to a Bishopdale church as revenge against God for killing his friends in the Christchurch earthquake.
Court told of teen’s suicide ‘cluster’
A teenager who has lost 10 friends to suicide in recent years – and made three attempts herself – has been granted permanent name suppression at her Christchurch District Court sentencing on dishonesty charges.
High-risk offender admits cutting off bracelet
A man regarded by the police as a high-risk offender has admitted cutting off his electronic monitoring bracelet while serving a 10-year extended supervision order.
Man tried to bring pistol into Court House
A man who tried to get through the search station at the entrance to the Christchurch Court House with a loaded pistol in his pants has been granted a home detention sentence.
Two decades in jail for repeat rape convictions
A 53-year-old convicted rapist has been jailed for 20 years 6 months for sex attacks on two more victims but a judge stopped short of imposing an open-ended preventive detention term.
Three admit blackmarket seafood trading
Three Christchurch men caught in the fisheries investigation Operation Dragon have admitted trading in blackmarket seafood and are remanded for sentence.
Puppy’s leg amputated after ill-treatment
A puppy’s leg had to be amputated after violent ill-treatment by 26-year-old Christopher John Cross, of Woolston.
Teen admits knife-point robbery
Five months after turning 17, Dillion Connor McWhirter has an alcohol or drug problem and a conviction for armed robbery.
Tourist became paranoid after smoking cannabis
A German-speaking tourist from Liechtenstein became paranoid and used a pepper-spray at an Arthur’s Pass hostel after drinking beer and smoking cannabis.
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