Author Archive: David Clarkson
Guilty verdict in skull stabbing trial
A jury has rejected a 20-year-old’s explanation for how he embedded a knife in the skull of his friend.
Unpopular Sounds fisheries rule gets its day in court
An unpopular Marlborough Sounds fisheries regulation – known as “The Slot” – has gone on trial as a test case in the Christchurch District Court.
Released sex predator straight back in jail
An on-line sex predator has lasted just one week after his release from prison on parole before ending up straight back in custody for contacting one of his victims by text message.
Second-strike sentence for scalding water attack in prison
A woman will have to serve all of a three-year eleven-month jail term imposed as a second-strike sentence for throwing a bucket of scalding water over a fellow inmate at Christchurch Women’s Prison.
Stabbing was ‘like a flinch’, says accused
A 20-year-old man says his action in stabbing a knife into the skull of a friend at a party was “more like a flinch”.
Knife penetration would have needed ‘considerable force’
A surgeon has assessed that “considerable force” would have been needed to embed a knife into the side of the skull of a man injured at a Christchurch party.
Arrest warrants: Allix Jean Beaurepaire
Christchurch police are asking for public help to find 23-year-old Allix Jean Beaurepaire, who has warrants out for her arrest.
Murder trial delayed by anniversary of death
A murder trial has been delayed by one day so that it does not begin on the one-year anniversary of the alleged victim’s death.
Man admits role in armed home invasion
An Avonside man says he was “coerced” into taking part in a Bishopdale home invasion in which the victim was bound with duct tape and put in a cupboard.
Child sex offender to get second strike warning
A 24-year-old child sex offender faces a rare second strike warning and a long prison term after admitting more charges in the Christchurch District Court today.
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