Custody remand on pitchfork assault charge
A Burnham man has been charged with assaulting a woman by using a pitchfork as a weapon.
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‘Vigilante justice’ warning from judge
A judge issued a warning about “vigilante justice” after two brothers from a small migrant community admitted kidnapping and assault charges over a schoolyard bullying incident.
Extra sentence for high risk offender
A 54-year-old man still assessed as a high risk of violent and sexual offending after doing the Kia Marama programme twice, has been sent back to jail for another long term.
Swearing-in of new judge
New Zealand’s newest District Court Judge has paid tribute to her late husband Professor Gerald Orchard at her swearing-in – the first at Christchurch’s new Justice Precinct.
Community-based sentence for theft from club
A supervisor who took money from the Papanui Club was sentenced to community work, supervision, and ordered to pay reparation, at her sentencing in the Christchurch District Court.
Denial on meth importation charge
A second man has denied a charge of importing methamphetamine from Mexico in an airfreight consignment of safety lights.
Five-year term for baby’s manslaughter
Babysitter Shayal Upashna Sami has been jailed for five years for the manslaughter of a toddler in her care.
Christmas voices at Justice Precinct
For a little while, Christmas carols replaced the sound of the public address system summoning people into the Justice Precinct’s various courts.
Police Watch
Woolston pharmacy robbed at knifepoint
Christchurch police are investigating a knife-point robbery at a pharmacy on Ferry Road, Woolston.
Police investigating two suspicious fires
Police are investigating two suspicious fires in the Christchurch area overnight.
Hanmer Springs incident
Canterbury Police are continuing to investigate the incident which occurred at a house in Hanmer Springs township on Monday night, September 18, about 9.30pm.
Trio with alleged gang links remanded
Two men and a woman with alleged connections to the King Cobra gang have been charged with firearm offences after a police armed offenders squad raid on a house in New Brighton last week.
Observations
Overdue
Christchurch’s main list court dissolved into giggles when a woman lawyer told Judge John Macdonald that her client was “18 months pregnant”.
‘Wrestling in the mud’
“Arguing with a judge is like wrestling with a pig in the mud. You both get dirty and after a while you realise that the pig is enjoying it.”
Pedalling drugs
A 46-year-old was already on bail when police tried to stop his vehicle in early March, and they signalled him to pull over by using the patrol car’s lights and sirens.
Mum left smarting by judge’s comment
A mum left court smarting after a judge called her “a shocking role model” for her 22-year-old daughter who was standing in the dock.
Earlier court news
Man scribbles his way into custody
A 26-year-old facing a lot of burglary and theft charges picked the wrong day to get bored and creative in his holding cell at Christchurch’s sparkly new Justice Precinct.
Support needed for shoplifting addict
Christchurch needs a centre where women can stay with their young children while they battle their addiction issues, said a judge as she released a compulsive shoplifter onto home detention.
Gang involved in commercial extortion
An unnamed gang has moved into the field of commercial extortion, according to details revealed at a Christchurch District Court sentencing.
Apology for bashing duty lawyer
Stephen Andrew Vincent has apologised for the drunken punch that felled a duty lawyer who was trying to help him at the Court House.
Security guard jailed for cash machine raid
Disgraced security guard Tony John Williams came to court with a $37,818 cheque to pay for his shopping spree with money stolen from an ATM he was meant to be protecting.
Rest home worker’s toilet selfie admitted
An 18-year-old rest home worker posted a selfie online of a 88-year-old woman resident on the toilet because she “wanted to share her love of work”.
Plucky 13-year-old girl stood up to attacker
A plucky 13-year-old Whanganui girl intervened when her family was under threat, but ended up having her hair pulled and her head banged against a kitchen counter by a 50-year-old attacker.
Girls robbed online dates
Girls aged 16 and 17 cried and wailed as they were jailed for kidnapping, robbing, and assaulting Christchurch men they met on dating websites.
Woman left little girl to look after family
A woman texted her pre-teen daughter, telling her never to forget that she was an amazing girl and to look after her little brothers. Then she boarded a flight to Australia.
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