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Legal high led to neighbourhood rampage

Legal high led to neighbourhood rampage

A 28-year-old Avonhead man has been granted a discharge without conviction after his first venture into using a type of synthetic cannabis led to him doing $5271 damage around the neighbourhood.

April 9, 2014 | By More
Two remanded in custody on armed robbery charges

Two remanded in custody on armed robbery charges

Two men have been charged with aggravated robbery following an incident at the Brickworks Restaurant and Bar in the early hours of Sunday morning.

April 8, 2014 | By More
Woman charged with aiding armed robber

Woman charged with aiding armed robber

The partner of a man who has admitted the armed robbery of a Redwood bar has now been charged with hiding evidence to help the man avoid arrest.

April 8, 2014 | By More
Child sex abuser jailed for 14 years

Child sex abuser jailed for 14 years

A judge has lifted name suppression on a 32-year-old Christchurch man before jailing him for 14 years for sex offending on two young girls.

April 7, 2014 | By More
Injured man denies domestic violence charges

Injured man denies domestic violence charges

A man who came into court in a wheelchair has admitted charges of assault using a weapon and intentionally damaging a tyre, but has pleaded not guilty to domestic violence charges.

April 7, 2014 | By More
Former police officer denies assault charges

Former police officer denies assault charges

A former South Canterbury police officer is denying three charges of assault and the case is heading for a Christchurch District Court trial.

April 4, 2014 | By More
Jail term imposed for ‘moronic’ shooting

Jail term imposed for ‘moronic’ shooting

A 23-year-old man’s actions were called imbecilic and moronic when he was jailed for five years for shooting a rival in a Hagley Park confrontation.

April 4, 2014 | By More
Court told of mum’s chaotic night

Court told of mum’s chaotic night

A Christchurch mum’s terrible night when she had to handle two random incidents with violent drunks has been recounted in court.

April 4, 2014 | By More
Jail for months of abuse of elderly woman

Jail for months of abuse of elderly woman

Eight months of brutal abuse – including almost daily assaults – on a slight and frail elderly woman has brought a two-year three-month jail term.

April 4, 2014 | By More
Large scale thefts of stock alleged

Large scale thefts of stock alleged

Two people arrested for what police described as a highly organised North Canterbury stock rustling ring have been charged with 41 counts of theft totalling almost $150,000.

April 4, 2014 | By More