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Acquittal in blackmail-for-sex trial
A Christchurch man has been acquitted on all charges at the end of a four-day blackmail-for-sex trial in the High Court.
Man admits assaults on elderly couple
Four days after his jury trial began, Douglas James Archer has pleaded guilty to serious assaults on his mother and stepfather at their St Martins home.
‘Rangatira’ begins jail term
A mother has pleaded in court for her son to be allowed to return to his whanau as “Rangatira” now that his father, South Island Black Power gang president Ardie Beazley, has died.
Court told of on-line exchanges before sex incidents
A lawyer has dissected the on-line exchanges that led up to two sexual incidents that are now the subject of a blackmail-for-sex trial in the Christchurch High Court.
Judge questions whether false quake claimant is ‘deluded’
A judge has raised the question of whether Christchurch landlord Sally Mengtung Ye could be “deluded” and whether he should call for a psychiatric report before her sentencing on fraud charges.
Thrown knife lodged in man’s skull
A 21-year-old woman admits she angrily threw a knife which lodged in the skull of her partner, but the Christchurch District Court was told the couple are now “working on their relationship”.
Man convicted of drink-drive fatality
After two hours of deliberations, a jury has convicted Cody Marcus John Pierce of the drink-driving crash that caused fatal injuries to his passenger.
Man has spent years living in car
A 57-year-old man has spent three to four years living in his car, apparently often parking up in shopping mall carparks overnight.
Defence says fatal crash driver wasn’t drunk
The jury deciding on the verdicts in a Darfield man’s fatal crash trial was told by his defence counsel that it could not be sure how much he had been drinking at a party beforehand.
Jury hears discussion about intoxication symptoms
People showing signs of intoxication would probably be at or over the legal limit for drink-driving, an expert witness has told the jury in fatal crash trial.
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