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Laptop filming charge dismissed
A judge has ruled that a 34-year-old man unlawfully installed a programme to take videos on a woman’s laptop computer but he has found that the man did not realise the laptop would operate in her bedroom.
Court told of teen’s suicide ‘cluster’
A teenager who has lost 10 friends to suicide in recent years – and made three attempts herself – has been granted permanent name suppression at her Christchurch District Court sentencing on dishonesty charges.
Man tried to bring pistol into Court House
A man who tried to get through the search station at the entrance to the Christchurch Court House with a loaded pistol in his pants has been granted a home detention sentence.
Two decades in jail for repeat rape convictions
A 53-year-old convicted rapist has been jailed for 20 years 6 months for sex attacks on two more victims but a judge stopped short of imposing an open-ended preventive detention term.
Puppy’s leg amputated after ill-treatment
A puppy’s leg had to be amputated after violent ill-treatment by 26-year-old Christopher John Cross, of Woolston.
Tourist became paranoid after smoking cannabis
A German-speaking tourist from Liechtenstein became paranoid and used a pepper-spray at an Arthur’s Pass hostel after drinking beer and smoking cannabis.
Teacher aide jailed for sex with boy
A 43-year old woman teacher aide seen as a role model for young Maori, who had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy, has been jailed for three years six months.
Safe driving tactics examined at cycle fatality trial
Safe driving tactics for truckies to keep clear of cyclists were called into question in the trial of a driver involved in a fatal crash with a Taiwanese tourist riding in Hornby.
Conman claimed to have brain tumour
A man who told a woman he met on an internet dating site that he had a brain tumour and needed money for medication has pleaded guilty to two charges of obtaining by deception in the Christchurch District Court.
Truck in fatal crash ‘had significant blind spots’
A cyclist killed by a left-turning truck was inside the driver’s “significant blind spots” said the Crown as the truckie’s trial began in the Christchurch District Court. [Updated report.]
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