Author Archive: David Clarkson
Horse danger hearing to take two days
Two days are being set aside for a hearing in Te Reo Maori for central city horseman Richard James Hayden who faces a charge of endangering safety.
Jail for ‘cowardly’ attack on partner
A Christchurch man has been jailed for 11 months for what a judge described as “a cowardly and vicious attack” on his partner, who is now expecting his child.
Evidence ‘evaporates’ over alleged car incident
Evidence “evaporation” has led to the police dropping a charge alleging a man was run down with a car while he was on the run from police.
Woman badly injured in domestic assault
A woman is in hospital with serious injuries and a man has been remanded in custody on a charge of assaulting her.
Assault at gang address denied
A 49-year-old man is denying a charge of assaulting a woman who was found injured in the street after an alleged incident at a gang pad in Northcote.
Community work ordered for dog attack on boy
Owners of potentially dangerous dogs have “high obligations” to ensure people’s safety, said a judge as he imposed 250 hours of community work on a man whose stepson was injured by two rottweilers.
Relationship break-up led to arson
A 29-year-old man says emotion about the end of a 10-year relationship overwhelmed him when he set fire to the rental house where his partner had been living.
Former EQC staff member denies charges
A former EQC employee is pleading not guilty to charges alleging she misused the commission’s vehicles and a fuel card.
Disqualification imposed for three careless driving deaths
Dutch visitor Johannes Jacobus Appelman has been disqualified from driving for 15 months for the rental car crash at Rakaia that killed three people and injured another.
Shotgun in park incident was ‘probably stolen’
A shotgun fired four times in the Rawhiti Domain in New Brighton on Sunday night was probably stolen, according to the 20-year-old who admits firing the blasts.
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