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Repeat upskirt video offending admitted
A man who has already done jail time for taking upskirt photographs in Northlands has now admitted committing the same offence four more times. Maurice Hemi Williams, 32, was jailed for a year in 2011,...
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Receiving charge from Head Hunters raid
A man said to be a senior Head Hunters gang figure has been charged with receiving stolen travel vouchers after a police raid on the gang’s Christchurch headquarters last week. Lyndon Vaughan...
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Court responds to teen offender’s ‘great achievement’
A year after being involved in the aftermath of a violent liquor shop robbery, teenager Tamatea Lorenzo Briggs is seen as having the potential to be “a great leader”. The Linwood 17-year-old was...
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Defence wants to reassess sex attack risk reports
Consideration of preventive detention for a repeat sex attacker who was once a New Zealand representative wrestler has been delayed while the defence checks on assessments of the continuing risk he may...
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Recruitment consultant ripped off foreign workers
A Christchurch recruitment consultant has admitted ripping off mostly foreign workers for more than $20,000 and gambling away the money. Craig Lawerence Dunn pleaded guilty to 20 fraud charges –...
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Heroin charges admitted by couple
A couple have admitted unusual charges relating to the manufacture and sale of heroin at an address in Wilsons Road in Waltham. Sixty-three-year-old Neil Christopher Parkin pleaded guilty to a charge...
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Custody remand on shooting charge
An Oxford man has been remanded in custody on a charge relating to a shooting at a Yaldhurst property last month. David John Hunter, 36, a contractor, made no application for release on bail at a brief...
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Bail bid delayed for shooting accused
A bid for bail for a 36-year-old man charged with a shooting at Yaldhurst last month has been delayed for three weeks. David John Hunter, a contractor from Oxford, will remain in custody until the...
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Bail refused in deception case
Electronically monitored bail has been refused for a second time for a 50-year-old Redwood man who is charged with obtaining nearly $93,000 by deception. Kim Michael David Barwell, a painter and...
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Rangiora lawyer takes up judge role
Rangiora lawyer John Brandts-Giesen has been sworn in as a District Court Judge in a ceremony at the Christchurch Court House. Mr Brandts-Giesen will take up his appointment in Invercargill with a...
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Man admits shining laser pointer at two aircraft
A 39-year-old man has admitted causing unnecessary danger by shining a laser light at two aircraft. Tane Hemopo, a builder from Hornby, pleaded guilty to the two charges at the Christchurch District...
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Third offender admits scamming elderly victims
A third person has admitted a role in a crime ring that scammed elderly victims out of their bank cards and then drained tens of thousands of dollars from their bank accounts. Two have already been...
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Arrest warrant issued for gang figure
An arrest warrant has been issued for a man said to be a senior Head Hunters gang figure after he failed to appear at the Christchurch District Court today. Lyndon Vaughan Richardson, 43, was listed...
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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. Lindsay Beckett Smith, 59, pleaded guilty...
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Court appearance after arrest warrant issued
A man said to be a senior Head Hunters gang figure made a brief appearance in the Christchurch District Court today, after an arrest warrant was issued for him yesterday. Duty solicitor Ruth Buddicom...
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Two charged over carpark attack
One of the men charged with a carpark attack on two brothers in central Christchurch last week has pleaded not guilty and the case is heading for a trial. Two men have been charged with attacking the...
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Man denies charges over Avon River crash
A man alleged to have rammed another car into the Avon River in a road rage incident has denied all six charges he faces and has elected a judge-alone trial. John David Malcolm McLaren Savage, a...
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Sleep deprivation may be factor in arson
A judge has called for a report on the effects of sleep deprivation on a man who burnt down his father’s Lyttelton house “to rid the property of evil energy”. The report will delay the sentencing of...
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Thefts totalling $140,000 alleged
Thefts totalling nearly $140,000 are alleged against a Halswell man who faced a total of 90 charges at the Christchurch District Court today. The theft charges against David Ronald Cribb, a 24-year-old...
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Juror cleared of making Facebook check
A juror has been cleared of an allegation that she looked up the Facebook page of one of the defendants during a Christchurch District Court arson trial. The trial court was halted all morning while...
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