Archive for November, 2016
Woman jailed for $355,000 benefit frauds
A woman who dishonestly received benefits totalling over $355,000 was jailed for more than three years in the Christchurch District Court today.
Renee Duckmanton murder trial date shifted
The trial of a man accused of the murder of sex worker Renee Larissa Duckmanton will be the first trial in the Christchurch High Court’s new premises next year.
Ellesmere murder trial date set
The High Court trial of two men charged over the bashing and death of Marcus Tucker, whose beaten and burnt body was found near Lake Ellesmere, has been set for May 15.
Safety standards ‘sometimes almost impossible’ says judge
A judge has spoken of the “sometimes almost impossible standards” imposed on employers in safeguarding employees who sometimes cause their own workplace injuries.
Company in alleged ponzi investigation liquidated
A company being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office as a possible ponzi scheme has been placed in liquidation in the High Court at Christchurch.
Card used soon after street robbery
A woman who used a bank card stolen only an hour earlier in a gunpoint street robbery, has been sentenced to two months’ home detention in a residential rehabilitation programme.
Home detention for LSD importation
A University of Canterbury engineering student who used LSD to help his meditation has got home detention for importing the class A drug – an offence that carries a maximum life term.
Addition to Kaikoura population — one willing worker
Kaikoura’s cut-off community clubbed together to fly a local mum to Christchurch in a Cessna for her son’s sentencing.
Pit bull in hiding, owner jailed
Karma the dangerous American Pit Bull is in hiding from a death sentence while her owner begins a three-year ten-month jail term for his own towering temper.
Claim against tourism organisation fails
A Christchurch tourism operator who challenged Christchurch Canterbury Tourism’s decision to cancel his membership has lost his civil claim and has been ordered to pay costs.
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