Tag: West Coast
Hung jury in drug and rape trial
A jury has been unable to reach agreement in the seven-day trial of a 31-year-old meth dealer charged with stupefying and raping a woman on the West Coast in 2014.
Date rape drug used by meth dealer, Crown claims
The Crown alleges the date rape drug GHB may have been used on a woman by her meth dealer before he raped her in her Greymouth home.
‘Cold turkey’ drug offender heading for rehab
A West Coast drug offender who wanted locked up to go “cold turkey” has been wished luck by a judge who has released him into a rehabilitation programme.
French visitor admits sleeping bag theft
Fractious Frenchman Cedric Claude Rene Rault-Verpre has now pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a sleeping bag in Auckland, days after admitting damaging a West Coast road sign.
Decade in jail for sex offender
A man who raped and did indecent acts on a young girl was jailed for over ten years in the Christchurch District Court, but did not get a minimum period of prison imposed.
Bail granted to accountant after a year in custody
A Hokitika account who has admitted an $800,000 fraud has been granted bail at a hearing in the Christchurch District Court after more than a year on remand.
Greymouth murder trial date set
February 20 has been set for the start of the trial of a 30-year-old man charged with the murder of 15-month-old Leith Allen Hutchison in Greymouth a year ago.
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