Author Archive: David Clarkson
Timings crucial in murder evidence, says defence
Timings are crucial to Shaun Robert Murray Innes’ claim that he was not present when the fatal stabbing was delivered in what has been described as a Rangiora drugs robbery, his defence team says. [Updated report.]
Crown witness stole officer’s cellphone at court
A Crown witness at a Christchurch murder trial began her court visit by stealing the cellphone of the officer-in-charge – and was caught when the phone went off while she was giving her evidence.
Man admits stabbing dog to death
After stabbing a dog to death for killing his rabbit, Andrew Joseph Salisbury said: “You know I had to do it. Life for a life.”
WINZ threat case transferred to North Island
Prosecution of a South Brighton man who allegedly threatened a WINZ staff member two weeks ago has been transferred from Christchurch to the Te Kuiti District Court.
Jail for ‘bullyboy tactics”
People who indulge in “stand-over bullyboy tactics” could expect no sympathy from the court, said a Christchurch District Court judge as he jailed a man for six years five months.
Alleged knife attacker told of concerns, witnesses say
Witnesses have told of Jason William Baker expressing concern about something he had done around the time of a raid that the Crown says was a fatal attempt at a drug robbery in Rangiora last year.
Rape of sleeping woman admitted
A 29-year-old man has been jailed for six years nine months after admitting the rape of a sleeping woman after a party in Sydenham.
Trial told of car sightings after Rangiora killing
Evidence suggested a murder accused drove around the streets apparently looking for someone and then driving erratically in a car that was eventually abandoned along Christchurch’s Northern Motorway.
Trial hears of fatal struggle at doorway
A Rangiora man has told of yelling to his brother to “get a gun” during a desperate struggle with an intruder at the doorway of their home which ended with the fatal stabbing of the brother.
Man stabbed to death in drugs robbery, says Crown
A Rangiora man was stabbed to death during a drugs robbery gone wrong, the Crown said at the opening of the trial of two men charged with murder. (Updated report)
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