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Halswell targeted in crime spree
District Court sentencing at 11.45am for David Ronald Cribb, a 24-year-old painter from Halswell, who admitted 43 charges on February 21, 2017. He admitted to having a $100-a-day drugs habit, and mainly stole from cars left parked in driveways at night, targeting the suburb of Halswell where he lived. Thousands of dollars worth of property was involved, much of it sold to second-hand stores by Cribb and his associates. He originally faced more than 90 charges involving about $140,000 of property…
Find out more »Sentencing for mail thefts
The District Court has the sentencing at 11.45am for an unemployed, 34-year-old Christchurch woman who has admitted stealing mail from rural mailboxes across Canterbury. She has interim name suppression while a psychiatric report is prepared. She pleaded guilty on February 22, 2017, and was remanded on bail for a pre-sentence report and possibly for a restorative justice meeting with dozens of her victims. She pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing mail items worth $623 in the month up to…
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