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Defence challenge to boy’s abuse testimony
The defence has challenged a boy’s evidence about being burned with a hot poker and spoon, and made to eat chillis, repeatedly alleging that he was making it up.
‘There is never a good day’
A boy has told Christchurch jury of not being able to eat or drink for two days after being punished by having a heated spoon or a “fire rod” – a poker – put into his mouth.
Assault trial re-start ordered
A trial alleging assaults by a 60-year-old woman on two boys and an elderly man was aborted towards the end of its first day in the Christchurch District Court.
Cash went missing at crash scene, court told
Cash totalling $5000 went missing from the scene of a high-speed car crash near Kirwee last August.
Suppression granted in violation case
A 30-year-old Avonside man was granted interim name suppression when he was remanded in custody on a charge of sexually violating a sex worker in Christchurch last Sunday night.
Convicted blackmailer admits sex addiction
A 22-year-old who acknowledges he is a sex addict has admitted blackmail and obtaining sex by deception.
‘Highest breach of trust’ in child’s sexual abuse
A father’s abuse of his daughter was “one of the highest breaches of trust one can imagine”, said a judge as he jailed the 58-year-old for five years three months.
Kitchen knife grabbed in family dispute
A woman who was “pushed to the edge” by the trouble caused by her niece has admitted she took a large kitchen knife and went out looking for her.
Teen swung stick during street gang fracas
A teenager who struck a man over the head with a large stick during a gang confrontation in an Avonside street has admitted a charge of assault with a weapon and is awaiting sentence.
Big bill imposed over Ryder suppression case
A man who challenged Community Probation’s records of his attendance at a community work sentence imposed for breaching the suppressions in the Jesse Ryder assault case has now been slapped with a big bill for the prosecution.
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