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Church fire was ‘revenge on God’
Cheyenne Destiny Jade Reed said he set fire to a Bishopdale church as revenge against God for killing his friends in the Christchurch earthquake. Reed, a 35-year-old technician, gave that explanation...
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$80 Ashburton robbery admitted
A knife-wielding man demanded $80 from the lone attendant at an Ashburton service station, and told her it was to pay a bill after an automatic teller transaction failed. Thirty-year-old Jason Ross...
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Remand inmate admits prison bashing
File image. © Andrew Bardwell A Christchurch man who bashed a fellow prisoner with a shower head in a sock while in custody over two police car chases has pleaded guilty and been jailed for three...
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Gang man can no longer live outside prison
A heavily facially tattooed man with gang links has spent so many years in prison he does not know how to live on the outside, the Christchurch District Court was told as he was jailed again. Charles...
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Murder trial judge warns spectators about behaviour
A judge has issued a behaviour warning to members of the two “camps” among the spectators at the trial of three men charged with murder over a bashing at Christchurch Men’s Prison last year. Justice...
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Trial told of prison ‘culture of violence’
File image. © Andrew Bardwell Benton Marni Parata had a reputation in Christchurch Men’s Prison’s tough Rawhiti Wing as an inmate who could look after himself and would not back down. The 44-year-old...
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Murder trial jury to consider verdicts on Friday
A jury has been told it must set aside feelings of sympathy or prejudice as it considers its verdicts on three inmates charged with the murder of another prisoner. Justice Gerald Nation told the jury...
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Former manager admits thefts from concrete firm
Civil proceedings may be launched to recover money from a manager who has admitted stealing almost $116,000 from a Christchurch business. Lindsay Ian Cresswell, 28, has been ordered to pay back...
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Suppression lifts on cocaine importing accused
Name suppression has lifted on a 29-year-old Mexican man charged with possession and importing of the class A drug cocaine and he has pleaded not guilty. Gonzalo Rivera Pavon, a bartender living in...
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Bid to withdraw guilty pleas over armed incident
A man who admitted armed burglary, kidnapping, and injuring charges in the High Court in June is now applying to withdraw his guilty pleas. Arrangements have been made for counsel for 31-year-old...
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Man was ‘naive’ about cut down rifle
A man caught with a cut-down .22 rifle had been “naïve” about having the weapon, the Christchurch District Court was told at his sentencing. Defence counsel Ruth Buddicom said 38-year-old Edward Elvis...
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Charges over Avon River crash
Bail has been refused for a 27-year-old man charged over a March incident in which a car was allegedly rammed and flipped upside down into the Avon River. John David Malcolm Mclaren Savage, a traffic...
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Machete involved in violent domestic incident
After threatening his partner with a machete, a 28-year-old man clubbed himself with the handle of the weapon and then stabbed himself in the chest with a small kitchen knife. A psychological report...
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$500 payment ordered for terrified road-rage victim
A 46-year-old man must pay $500 to the woman he terrified in a road-rage incident that covered 17km of roads across North Canterbury. Michael Dean Teague was today ordered to make the payment as...
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Accused music room burglary pair stay in custody
Major keys will be assuming a new meaning for the next couple of weeks for two men accused of burgling Addington Primary School’s music room early today. They did not apply for bail at their...
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Violent car chase driver accepts he needs rehab
Prison time and drug rehabilitation stretch ahead of an offender who ended a high speed dash across Christchurch with a struggle involving five police officers. The Christchurch District Court...
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Icecream burglar caught inside home
BY NICOLA DOMS A “Goldilocks” burglary involving icecream and vodka took a serious turn when a baby’s cystic fibrosis medication was poured down the sink. Fran Patricia Sullings’ burglary of the young...
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Scale of meth seizures may cause sentencing re-think
File image. © Andrew Bardwell New Zealand may need to re-think its sentencing regime for the class A drug methamphetamine in the light of recent huge drug busts, says a Christchurch lawyer. Drug...
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Short verdict delay in cycle death case
The verdict in the trial of a truckie charged with careless driving causing the death of a cyclist has been released but publication of it has been suppressed until 1.30pm. Defence counsel Kerry Cook...
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Truckie found guilty in cycle death case
A 51-year-old truckie has been found guilty of causing the death of a cycle tourist he never saw as he carelessly turned his truck across a cycle lane in Hornby. Christchurch District Court Judge Gary...
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