Tag: wounding
August date for kidnap, bashing trial
The trial of 10 men charged with the kidnapping and wounding of a rival gang member has been set for August 22, six months ahead of the date originally proposed.
Four years’ jail for knife attack on friend
A frenzied knife attack on a friend has landed a man in prison for four years.
Jail imposed after botched home detention term
After being given a chance by a judge after admitting a gang stabbing in Linwood, Nathan Anthony Whelan has botched his home detention sentence and gone to jail anyway.
Manslaughter plea ends Rangiora murder trial
A 39-year-old Rakaia man has halted a High Court murder trial by admitting the manslaughter of a Rangiora man during what the Crown says was a drugs robbery gone wrong.
Woman ‘courageously’ disarmed attacker
An Akaroa woman courageously disarmed an intellectually disabled woman who had just stabbed her in the back, said a judge during a mental impairment hearing in the Christchurch District Court.
Suppression lifts on double stabbing accused
Name suppression has been lifted on a man charged with a double stabbing at New Brighton at the weekend.
Court told of prison broomstick assault
The victim of a brutal broomstick bashing in prison has made a remarkable recovery, and the January assault at Christchurch Men’s Prison may have changed his life.
Robbery attempt at city money machine
A man getting money from a Colombo Street automatic teller machine was stabbed twice during a robbery attempt.
Trial hears different accounts of bashing
A 23-year-old man remembers pushing and wrestling but has no memory of the bashing that put him in hospital and now the defence in a Christchurch District Court trial says the case is a whodunit.
Basher’s last minute apology to mother
Douglas James Archer’s apology to his 82-year-old mother for the vicious beating he gave her with an axe handle didn’t get him any reduction on his 14-year jail term.
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