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Suppression granted to alleged gang members
Three alleged Head Hunters gang members or associates were granted interim name suppression when they appeared on drugs or conspiracy charges in the Christchurch District Court after police raids that ended a four-month investigation today.
Drink-driver argues jail term was too long
A woman drink-driver is arguing that her two-year six-month jail sentence was too long for a crash that shoved two pedestrians over a rocky bank in Redcliffs.
The Lost Boys of Riccarton
The murder trial of Taniela Kotoitoga Daven Tiako Waitokia showed us the Neverland lives of the Lost Boys of Riccarton.
Family ’emotionally slaughtered’ by child abuse offending
The mother of a sex abuse victim has talked about the family being “emotionally slaughtered” by the offending of a man who is now beginning a five-year seven-month jail term.
Jury retires in teenager’s murder trial
The jury retired before 11am to consider its verdict in the trial of teenager Taniela Kotoitoga Daven Tiako Waitokia, charged with the murder of 87-year-old Harold Richardson in his Upper Riccarton home.
Teen’s intent ‘at heart of murder trial’
A jury has been told it must focus on the intent of a 16-year-old at the moment he bashed an 87-year-old man over the head with a bottle in his Upper Riccarton home.
Not guilty verdicts in ‘darkweb’ drugs trial
A jury has accepted a Christchurch man’s claim that someone else must have ordered drugs on the “darkweb” using his computer.
Yaldhurst shooter claims self defence
A man who shot his victim in the thigh told the probation report writer that he was acting in self defence, the Christchurch District Court heard today.
Nightmare road-rager reassures his victims
A road-rager has gone to jail for three years after assuring the five victims he rammed upside down into the Avon River that they have no ongoing reason to be scared of him.
Judge accuses govt of breaching child’s rights
Mothballing of a wing at Christchurch’s youth justice facility has led a judge to accuse the Government of breaching the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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