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EQC staffer to attend restorative justice session

EQC staffer to attend restorative justice session

Sentencing of an EQC staffer who admitted misusing the commission’s cars, fuel cards and a cellphone for her own purposes has been delayed for a restorative justice meeting.

October 29, 2014 | By More
Woman ‘snapped’ and threw knife after argument

Woman ‘snapped’ and threw knife after argument

A pregnant woman threw a knife which lodged in her partner’s forehead after she says she found upsetting messages on his cellphone and then “snapped”.

October 29, 2014 | By More
Licences at risk from petrol drive-offs

Licences at risk from petrol drive-offs

Two Riccarton flatmates face losing their driving licences for a series of carefully planned and executed petrol drive-offs.

October 29, 2014 | By More
Roper charged with assaulting prison guards

Roper charged with assaulting prison guards

A prisoner serving a life sentence for murder has appeared in court to deny charges of assaulting and resisting prison officers.

October 29, 2014 | By More
Driver admits causing highway pile-up

Driver admits causing highway pile-up

A Motunau Beach man has admitted causing a State Highway 1 pile-up that injured four people.

October 28, 2014 | By More
Stalker admits putting cement into car engine

Stalker admits putting cement into car engine

A judge has suggested an Amberley woman takes out a harassment order against the stalker who was caught the night he filled her car’s engine and petrol tank with readymix cement.

October 28, 2014 | By More
Community work for bringing in threatened species

Community work for bringing in threatened species

A long community work sentence has been imposed on a woman who illegally brought threatened plants into Christchurch on a flight from China.

October 23, 2014 | By More
Speed tolerance in Canterbury lowered over Labour Weekend

Speed tolerance in Canterbury lowered over Labour Weekend

While speed tolerance lowers over Labour Day Weekend the visibility of Canterbury Police prevention work will increase across the district, say the police.

October 23, 2014 | By More
Home detention for arson attack on house

Home detention for arson attack on house

An Ashburton arsonist has been granted home detention for setting fire to the porch at a house with six children inside, including his own twins.

October 23, 2014 | By More
Decade in jail for repeated violence against women

Decade in jail for repeated violence against women

A 26-year-old with a history of violence against women has been jailed for 10 years 4 months for assaults involving binding, choking, stabbing and sexual violation.

October 23, 2014 | By More