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Child sex and violence allegations sent to Auckland

Child sex and violence allegations sent to Auckland

An Auckland man facing sex and violence charges involving five children is being sent back north after his arrest in Christchurch.

December 16, 2016 | By More
Man admits riverbank manslaughter

Man admits riverbank manslaughter

After a long pause and a sigh in the dock, Tony Joe Harrington has admitted the manslaughter of a 41-year-old man in a riverbank fight in Woolston.

December 16, 2016 | By More
Arrest warrant issued on yacht theft charge

Arrest warrant issued on yacht theft charge

Police have been granted a warrant to arrest Simone Anne Wright – the partner of a man already in custody on 60 charges – on a charge of stealing a $145,000 yacht at Paihia in the Bay of Islands last year.

December 15, 2016 | By More
Home detention for bad street assault

Home detention for bad street assault

A man who caused brain damage when he punched his victim to the ground in a street assault has been granted home detention.

December 15, 2016 | By More
Jail term stands for repeat drink-driver

Jail term stands for repeat drink-driver

A two-and-a-half-year jail term will stand for a Sumner woman who knocked two pedestrians over a rocky bank when she crashed while drink-driving, the High Court has decided.

December 15, 2016 | By More
Former school principal jailed for almost a decade

Former school principal jailed for almost a decade

Former school principal Michael William Hogan has been jailed for nine years three months for prolonged sexual offending against a boy.

December 14, 2016 | By More
Car ablaze at end of police pursuit

Car ablaze at end of police pursuit

A Kaiapoi man has been jailed for eight months for a police pursuit which ended with road spikes being used and a stolen car catching fire.

December 14, 2016 | By More
Criminal offending continued on home detention

Criminal offending continued on home detention

Two months after being given a chance on home detention, Rangiora woman Kelsi Anne Sherriff was found with stolen property, firearms, and a meth pipe at her house.

December 13, 2016 | By More
Sixth arrest over drug ring allegations

Sixth arrest over drug ring allegations

A sixth man has been arrested for conspiring to deal in methamphetamine after a series of police raids on Head Hunters gang premises last week.

December 12, 2016 | By More
90-year-old sentenced on historic sex charge

90-year-old sentenced on historic sex charge

A 90-year-old has been sentenced to three months’ home detention for sex offending dating back up to 53 years on a woman who has died since the complaint was made.

December 11, 2016 | By More

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