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Jury to ponder memory evidence at abuse trial
A jury will soon consider experts’ theories about how memory works as it decides its verdicts in a trial on allegations of historic sexual abuse.
Violence, confrontations as murder accused appear
A huge fight broke out inside a Christchurch District Court when a 20-year-old accused of murder appeared.
Home detention for Riccarton bus lounge violence
Home detention has been imposed for a five-on-one gang attack in the Riccarton bus lounge.
Jury shown footage of distraught murder accused
Troy Taylor murder trial, Day Four: A jury has watched minutes of footage of a distraught Troy Kevin Taylor when he was left alone in a police interview room after being interviewed about the death of toddler Ihaka Paora Braxton Stokes in July 2015.
Resuscitation attempts could have caused some injuries, trial told
Troy Kevin Taylor murder trial, day three: Some of the 59 injuries noted on 14-month-old Ihaka Paora Braxton Stokes could have been caused by the efforts to resuscitate him, a doctor acknowledged on the third day of the trial of Troy Kevin Taylor who is charged with his murder.
Internet child abuse porn offender found outside school
A man on home detention for trading child abuse sex videos – including toddlers crying for their mothers as they were abused – is in custody after being found parked in his car outside a school.
High Court ruling allows con-woman to be named
Name suppression has lifted on an accomplished con-woman, Ann-Marie Kathrine Smith, after her appeal to the High Court fizzled today.
Man ‘lost it’ and fatally injured toddler, Crown says
The Crown alleges Troy Kevin Taylor “lost it” and caused the injuries that led to the death of the 14-month-old son of his partner in July 2015.
Court hears ‘powerful’ statement from double rape victim
“I hate being a victim,” a 16-year-old girl wrote in her powerful victim impact statement two years after being raped twice by Corey David Fowler.
Teen in custody for overbridge bashing
A teenager has admitted head butting and then kicking a 53-year-old in the head after he fell to the ground, causing injuries including a fractured skull and brain haemorrhage.
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