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Teen took parked digger
A teenager has narrowly avoided a long remand in custody after admitting taking a parked excavator and drink-driving in it.
$426,000 ‘damage spree’ in red zone admitted
Two young men have admitted breaking into residential red zone properties and causing damage worth more than $426,000.
Police call assault sentence ‘inadequate’
A sentence imposed on a man with a history of repeated attacks on the police has been criticised by the police as “manifestly inadequate”.
Man to defend charges over stolen vehicles
A man facing charges over an alleged stolen car “chop shop” has indicated he will plead not guilty.
‘Pillow case burglar’ goes to jail
Christchurch’s “pillow case” burglar has been jailed for five years for a series of raids on quake-abandoned houses.
Crown cites links in pub robbery trial
Armed men who robbed the Sideline Bar left behind a palm print when they climbed over a wall, and a false car number plate that apparently fell off in the carpark, says the Crown.
Fisherman sold blackmarket crayfish
A fisherman who fell in with sharks – loan sharks – has been sentenced for his unlawful efforts to solve his financial problems.
Guilty pleas end child sex abuse trial
Nineteen guilty pleas brought an early end to a child sex abuse trial which a Christchurch District Court judge described as: “As difficult as it gets.”
Preventive detention warning for violent offender
A man who kicked his best mate in the head three times, fracturing his skull while he was pinned to the ground by someone else, has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.
Burglar praised for escaping crime ring
A judge has praised the last of the Operation Wigram burglars to be sentenced, for getting out of the organised crime ring before the police swooped.
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