Second child abuse complainant approaches police
When Peter Lindsay Armitage was sentenced for indecencies against a boy last year, the police appealed for any other victims to come forward – and now one of them has. Armitage, now aged 74, faces...
View ArticleMobster was banned for gang recruitment plan
Christchurch Mongrel Mob boss Joseph “Junior” Wiringi was banned from doing his community work sentence after he said he would use it for gang recruitment, says Community Probation. The former...
View ArticleKnife attack almost severed woman’s head
A woman’s head was almost severed in the knife attack that followed her strangulation by a man who lay in wait for her at her Merivale home. Nicole Marie Tuxford, 27, was found dead at her home in...
View Article26 more charges against businessman
A Christchurch businessman already facing dishonesty and tax charges worth more than quarter of a million dollars, has now been arrested on 26 more charges. The latest charges allege theft by failing...
View ArticleBrothers face Greymouth assault charges
Two brothers facing assault charges involving three alleged victims, arising from an incident in Greymouth on Sunday, have appeared in the Christchurch District Court. Ethan Campbell, 19, of Blaketown,...
View ArticleCharges mount against businessman
Twelve more charges, including allegations of causing a church to act on forged documents, have been laid against a Christchurch businessman who has been facing a mounting list of charges over the last...
View ArticleMAFS contestant on drink-driving charge
Married At First Sight contestant Ottie Schwartz, 32, has been charged with drink-driving at the Christchurch District Court. She was granted a registrar’s remand without having to appear before the...
View ArticleDrink-driver accepts responsibility for fatal crash
A drink-driver has accepted he killed his 21-year-old passenger when he crashed into a concrete fence post and tree stump on a rural Canterbury road. Tyler Croll-Davis, 24, pleaded guilty to the crash...
View ArticleWoman admits lighting hospital fire
A patient who lit a fire in a room at Princess Margaret Hospital’s Seager Clinic has admitted a charge of arson. A psychiatric report will be prepared ahead of the March sentencing of Angela Maree...
View ArticleOpen-ended jail term for repeat sex offender
Thirty years of sexual offending against women and children has led the court to impose an open-ended preventive detention sentence on a 52-year-old man. The man’s criminal history lists sex charges...
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