Tag: prison
Judge can’t add to lifer’s jail term
Two men are not being made to pay for the $6000 damage they did in the Christchurch Men’s prison after they refused to go back to their cell during a lock-down period.
Two deny prison riot charges
Two inmates have pleaded not guilty to a charge of rioting in the Christchurch Men’s Prison in November.
Prison stabbing sentencing deferred
The sentencing of a man who used a home-made knife in a frenzied attack on another inmate at Christchurch Men’s Prison was deferred for three months in the Christchurch District Court.
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.
Prison absconder may get second chance
It seems prison absconder Richard Graham may get a second chance, even after he never went back to jail after being given compassionate leave to attend his grandmother’s funeral.
Six Christchurch prisoners charged with rioting
Six inmates at Christchurch Men’s Prison have been charged with rioting over an incident in which four Corrections staff were allegedly attacked in November.
Prisoner told to return from funeral ‘with contraband’
A remand prisoner says he was threatened with a hiding by other inmates if he didn’t return to prison from attending his grandmother’s funeral with contraband hidden inside his body.
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.
Jail terms total 26 years 8 months for prison killing
The sentencing began with a prayer in Maori, and it ended with jail terms totalling at least 26 years 8 months being imposed on the three men who killed 44-year-old Benton Marni Parata.
Prison murder sentencing
Sentencing in the High Court at 9.15am before Justice Gerald Nation, for Akuhatua Tihi, 23, who was found guilty at a two-week trial of the murder of Benton Marni Parata, 44, who was bashed in his cell at Christchurch Men’s Prison and died in hospital of head injuries. Also, sentencing for Levi Hohepa Reuben, 21, […]
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