Tag: murder
Upper Riccarton murder sentencing
Sentencing in the High Court at Christchurch for Taniela Kotoitoga Waitokia, now aged 18, who was convicted by a jury on December 2, 2016, of the murder of 87-year-old Harold Richardson, at an address in Owens Terrace, Upper Riccarton, on the weekend of August 1-2, 2015. The verdict was delivered at the end of a one-week […]
Christmas Day murder charge denied
Franchesca Kororia Borell has denied the murder of 25-year-old Hardeep Singh who was allegedly stabbed in an incident on Christmas Day.
Inmates admit rampage at prison
Two men with violent histories have admitted causing $6000 damage in the Christchurch Men’s prison, after they refused to go back to their medium-high security cell during a lock-down period.
Renee Duckmanton murder appearance
Pre-trial call-over in the High Court for Sainey Marong, 32, a butcher, of Ilam, Christchurch, charged with the murder of sex worker Renee Larissa Duckmanton, 22, whose body was found burning at the scene of a scrub fire on the Main Rakaia Road, north of Rakaia, on May 15, 2016. Police allege Marong murdered her […]
Suppression for Christmas Day murder accused
A 22-year-old woman charged with the murder of a man who was wounded at a house in Cashmere on Christmas Day has been granted name suppression.
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.
The Lost Boys of Riccarton
The murder trial of Taniela Kotoitoga Daven Tiako Waitokia showed us the Neverland lives of the Lost Boys of Riccarton.
Teenager found guilty of murder
A jury has found teenager Taniela Kotoitoga Daven Tiako Waitokia guilty of murdering 87-year-old Harold Richardson in his Upper Riccarton home.
Jury retires in teenager’s murder trial
The jury retired before 11am to consider its verdict in the trial of teenager Taniela Kotoitoga Daven Tiako Waitokia, charged with the murder of 87-year-old Harold Richardson in his Upper Riccarton home.
Murderer faces sentencing for prison stabbing
The man who beat and stabbed 21-year-old Lisa Hurrell to death in her Hornby home in 1998 is now in custody awaiting sentencing for a “frenzied” prison stabbing using a homemade knife.
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