Tag: domestic violence
Woman convicted of 1992 toddler death now a ‘low risk’
Tania Gaye Hopping – once known as Tania Witika and jailed for the manslaughter of her daughter – is now seen as a low risk offender.
Pit bull in hiding, owner jailed
Karma the dangerous American Pit Bull is in hiding from a death sentence while her owner begins a three-year ten-month jail term for his own towering temper.
Man self-harmed in domestic violence incident
A man who threatened his partner with a machete while she was holding a young daughter, then self-harmed himself with a knife, was sentenced to prison in the Christchurch District Court today.
Woman jailed for stabbing partner as he slept
A woman has been jailed for three years three months for stabbing her partner with a kitchen knife as he slept.
Woman stabbed partner while he slept
A 49-year-old woman has admitted stabbing her partner while he was asleep in their bed in Hornby last year.
Gang man can no longer live outside prison
A heavily facially tattooed man with gang links has spent so many years in prison he does not know how to live on the outside, the Christchurch District Court was told as he was jailed again.
Judge unhappy with charge reduction for strangulation
A 26-year-old man strangled a woman until she lost consciousness, then rang the ambulance and performed CPR on her, the Christchurch District Court was told.
Attacks on woman, pet dog admitted
Two assaults on a woman, and two attacks on a dog, all within two weeks, were admitted by a 36-year-old man in the Christchurch District Court.
Domestic stabbing charge denied
A 48-year-old woman has denied a serious assault charge laid after an alleged stabbing during a domestic incident in Christchurch a month ago.
The heat goes on Pooh Bear
Pooh Bear has somehow ended up on the front line of Christchurch’s domestic violence scene.
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