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Disastrous attempt to import restricted weapons
A Christchurch man’s attempt to import 500 stun-guns from China was a disaster – he was prosecuted, he lost the $2000 he paid, and the weapons were duds anyway. The sorry venture was outlined in the...
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School pupils victims of drug user’s burglaries
A 43-year-old Rangiora man was sent to jail for three burglaries of small rural schools that were left messy, damaged, and caused the children distress. Judge Emma Smith said Dean Richard Mehrtens...
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Electronic bail granted to murder accused
Electronically monitored bail has been granted to James Stedman Roberts, who has been in custody since June charged with the murder of his stepson, Leon Michael leFleming Jayet-Cole. The bail was...
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Remand in custody follows police raid
Bail was refused for a man charged with firearms offences after a raid on a property in McGregors Road, Linwood, on Thursday afternoon. Gary Mark De Latour, 48, whose address was given as McGregors...
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Robbery accused remanded in custody
Bail was not sought for an Oxford man who faced an armed robbery charge at an appearance in the Christchurch District Court yesterday. Jed Mathew Waghorn, 21, was remanded in custody to December 16...
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Arson accused faces ammunition charge
A teenager charged with lighting a fire in the dunes at South Brighton last week has told the Christchurch District Court that he has had to go to hospital for a burn to his wrist. The 17-year-old was...
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Online chat was ‘depraved’– judge
A 39-year-old man’s Facebook chat with an under-age teen, months after he had sex with her, was described as “depraved” by the judge who jailed him for three years nine months. Judge David Saunders...
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Woman sentenced for domestic drug trafficking
A woman was sentenced to home detention after admitting she was a regular contact for the domestic trafficking of methamphetamine to Christchurch from the North Island in early 2014. In the...
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Third teen admits violent robbery
A 17-year-old has admitted his involvement in the violent robbery of a Woolston liquor store. Tamatea Lorenzo Briggs, of Linwood, is the third to admit taking part in the August 29 incident in which a...
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Court stunned by injured teen’s positive outlook
A teenager’s positive attitude to adversity has stunned a sentencing session where his employer was ordered to pay $83,000 for the leg injury he received on his fifth day on the job. Counsel for the...
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School locked down after robbery nearby
A man who forced a lockdown at Medbury School after he was being sought for an armed robbery of the Ilam Mobil Service Station nearby was sentenced in the Christchurch District Court. Twenty-year-old...
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Chopper pilot convicted and fined after rescue flights
A judge has rejected a Kaikoura helicopter pilot’s claim that he was justified in flying without a current medical certificate on two rescue missions. Christchurch District Court Judge Tony Couch...
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Double court appearance for robbery accused
A Lyttelton man has made two court appearances in the same day after allegedly snatching a handbag soon after his release from custody at the Christchurch Court House. Police opposed bail for Aaron...
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Car window-washer case at court
A 40-year-old Redwood man has been charged with unlawfully washing windows at a busy Christchurch intersection. Gary Lee Cooper, a labourer, was charged with breaching the new Christchurch by-law at...
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Upskirt photography at mall alleged
An Aranui man is being held in custody after allegations he took an upskirt photograph of a woman at Northlands shopping centre on Saturday. The man is said to have been caught by a private security...
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Four decades in jail imposed on Mongrel Mob members
Three Mongrel Mob Notorious chapter members who conducted a violent raid on the home of a resigning gang ex-president have been jailed for a total of more than 40 years. The group burst into gang...
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Woman’s horse shot over relationship break-up
A 23-year-old man has been jailed for 28 months for shooting and killing a woman’s precious horse in revenge for a relationship break-up. Christchurch District Court Judge Jane Farish said the shooting...
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Driver having seizure killed two in crash
Two people were killed in a crash on Christchurch’s Northern Motorway when a driver had an epileptic seizure at a time he should have been banned from driving. The driver, Nicholas Mathew Shaw, 34,...
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Bail bid delayed after drugs arrest
A bail application will be made next week for a man who appeared in court facing drugs charges after a series of police raids across Christchurch during the day. Scott Andrew Swarbrick, 36, whose...
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‘Vigilante’ raid on tinny house
One of the men who raided a tinny house because he said they were “selling drugs to the kids in the community”, was sentenced to four years two months prison with no chance of parole. It was a second...
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