Archive for December, 2016
Woman convicted of 1992 toddler death now a ‘low risk’
Tania Gaye Hopping – once known as Tania Witika and jailed for the manslaughter of her daughter – is now seen as a low risk offender.
Drug offender ‘has not learnt from jail’
A man who was acquitted at trial of importing class A drugs into New Zealand over the “darkweb” last month has now been granted home detention on other drugs charges.
Ex-police officer’s ‘fall from grace’
An ex-police officer was sentenced to community detention for charging someone $1000 to help them through the court system over a traffic ticket, and then not following through.
Child sex and violence allegations sent to Auckland
An Auckland man facing sex and violence charges involving five children is being sent back north after his arrest in Christchurch.
Man admits riverbank manslaughter
After a long pause and a sigh in the dock, Tony Joe Harrington has admitted the manslaughter of a 41-year-old man in a riverbank fight in Woolston.
Arrest warrant issued on yacht theft charge
Police have been granted a warrant to arrest Simone Anne Wright – the partner of a man already in custody on 60 charges – on a charge of stealing a $145,000 yacht at Paihia in the Bay of Islands last year.
Home detention for bad street assault
A man who caused brain damage when he punched his victim to the ground in a street assault has been granted home detention.
Jail term stands for repeat drink-driver
A two-and-a-half-year jail term will stand for a Sumner woman who knocked two pedestrians over a rocky bank when she crashed while drink-driving, the High Court has decided.
Former school principal jailed for almost a decade
Former school principal Michael William Hogan has been jailed for nine years three months for prolonged sexual offending against a boy.
Car ablaze at end of police pursuit
A Kaiapoi man has been jailed for eight months for a police pursuit which ended with road spikes being used and a stolen car catching fire.
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