Archive for September, 2016
Woman jailed for unusual heroin charge
A woman has been jailed for manufacturing and dealing in a “drug of the past”, while her husband was sentenced to home detention for letting his premises be used to make the heroin.
Marriage scam victim will get money back
Li Jun Xue is too ill to return from Australia for her sentencing for a marriage scam but she has already paid $35,000 which will be passed on to the victim.
Tour drivers had no licences, police allege
Police allege Chinese men with false licences were used as tourist drivers by a Christchurch company.
Bail not sought for second dairy robbery accused
No bail was sought for a second teenager charged with the armed robbery of the Kirk Road dairy in Templeton, when he made an appearance in the Christchurch District Court today.
Woman told to repay money taken from dementia victim
A woman who had used a dementia patient’s chequebook to write herself nine cheques totalling $23,500 was sentenced to community work and supervision.
Custody remand on dairy robbery charge
An 18-year-old has appeared in the Christchurch District Court charged with robbing the Kirk Road Dairy in Templeton of cigarettes on Monday.
Five years’ jail for arranging sexual abuse of toddler
A judge has reduced the jail sentence for a 22-year-old charged with arranging the sexual abuse of a toddler because of his claim of longstanding abuse by a male relative.
Mongrel Mob members facing long jail terms
After what was described in court as a “squabble between gangs”, much of the Aotearoa chapter of the Mongrel Mob and its associates in Christchurch are in jail facing long prison terms.
Banned driver ‘something of a record’
A judge described Allan Russell Pope’s history of disqualified and suspended driving as being “something of a record”, but still didn’t send him back to jail.
Man admits Facebook offence
A restorative justice meeting may be held between a woman and a 23-year-old man who used Facebook to send her brother a nude photo of her.
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