Archive for February, 2017
Adrenaline charge dropped
Police have dropped a Medicines Act charge involving adrenaline against a Christchurch first aider.
Online predator jailed for six years
Online sex predator Christopher Lance Keenan has gone to jail for six years after admitting offences involving seven girl victims – the youngest just 13.
Crime spree guilty pleas
David Ronald Cribb’s drug-fuelled victimisation of Halswell residents has ended in spectacular fashion with 43 guilty pleas at the Christchurch District Court.
Suppression continues over Ellesmere police raid
Interim name suppression was continued in the Christchurch District Court for a person with drugs and firearms charges, and who is a family member of a high-profile businessman who died a few years ago.
Victims of office theft repaid by firm
Perpetual Guardian says none of its clients have been left out-of-pocket after thefts by a former client manager at its Christchurch branch.
Scam accused back in court
A Hei Hei man already facing trial on fraud charges has been arrested again on five more similar charges.
Years later, authorities were on watch for shoplifter
In 2014, a young Christchurch woman took the police’s diversion scheme too literally, and diverted herself to Australia.
Prison stabbing sentencing deferred
The sentencing of a man who used a home-made knife in a frenzied attack on another inmate at Christchurch Men’s Prison was deferred for three months in the Christchurch District Court.
Staff member ripped off elderly clients
A 44-year-old man has apologised to everyone as he begins a home detention term for ripping off elderly clients at the estate management company where he worked.
Second person admits restaurant burglary
A second person has admitted their part in the burglary of Cortado’s Restaurant on Somerfield Street in Beckenham, just across the road from the Sydenham police station.
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