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Sex offender faces jail terms totalling 12 years
A man who admitted more child sex charges while a serving prisoner for similar offending was sentenced to an overall 12-year prison sentence in the Christchurch District Court today.
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.
Offender’s mum sinks burglary explanation
A young man’s claim that he had committed burglaries to support his family while his mother was in hospital was disputed in court – by his mother.
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.
Ten-year non-parole term for murder at housing complex
A 59-year-old man has been jailed for life with a non-parole term of 10 years for stabbing his neighbour to death with a boning knife at a Christchurch City Council housing complex in Spreydon.
Fine, disqualification for Allan Hubbard fatal crash
Mosgiel man Andrew John Earl has been fined $2500 and disqualified from driving for a year for causing the crash which killed Timaru financier Allan Hubbard and injured his wife Jean.
Director admits frauds over LWR losses
A 66-year-old Christchurch businessman has admitted four representative fraud charges involving about $118 million related to the collapse of textile manufacturer LWR, which was placed in receivership in April 2009.
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.
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