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Sumner murder trial delay
Pre-trial issues have meant a delay for the trial of three people charged with the murder of a man found injured in a Sumner carpark in March. The trial had been scheduled to begin on February 19, but...
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Bail refused for having child abuse porn
A 61-year-old man has admitted having over 290 images and videos that depict adults having sex with children, and various animals, on his computer. Victor James Puru pleaded guilty to charges of...
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Guilty pleas on prison gang attack charges
File image. © Andrew Bardwell Three men have admitted a prison-yard gang attack that put two rivals in hospital with broken bones. It is believed the fracas in the E Block exercise yard at Christchurch...
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Girls robbed online dates
Girls aged 16 and 17 cried and wailed as they were jailed for kidnapping, robbing, and assaulting Christchurch men they met on dating websites. The girls had pleaded guilty in the Youth Court...
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Rest home worker’s toilet selfie admitted
An 18-year-old rest home worker posted a selfie online of a 88-year-old woman resident on the toilet because she “wanted to share her love of work”. The woman in the picture, who had cognitive...
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‘God’ gets bail
“God” is allowed to go home. Judge Moses said so. The 37-year-old man has consistently claimed to be God since he was arrested for unlawfully taking a car, stealing petrol, stealing alcohol, and...
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Gang involved in commercial extortion
An unnamed gang has moved into the field of commercial extortion, according to details revealed at a Christchurch District Court sentencing. The name of the gang was not referred to at the hearing,...
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Man scribbles his way into custody
A 26-year-old facing a lot of burglary and theft charges, picked the wrong day to get bored and creative in his holding cell at Christchurch’s sparkly new Justice Precinct. He was applying for release...
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Christmas voices at Justice Precinct
For a little while, Christmas carols replaced the sound of the public address system summoning people into the Justice Precinct’s various courts. Children from Westburn School in Avonhead sang carols,...
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Five-year term for baby’s manslaughter
Babysitter Shayal Upashna Sami has been jailed for five years for the manslaughter of a baby in her care. She was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter at the end of an 11-day trial in...
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Denial on meth importation charge
A second man has denied a charge of importing methamphetamine from Mexico in an airfreight consignment of safety lights. Michael Harrison Cooper, 31, was charged with importing methamphetamine with a...
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Community-based sentence for theft from club
A supervisor who took money from the Papanui Club was sentenced to community work, supervision, and ordered to pay reparation, at her sentencing in the Christchurch District Court. Sixty-four-year-old...
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Man in custody on medal burglary charge
A man alleged to have stolen a priceless and historic war medal in the burglary of a Redwood house, faced a total of 15 charges when he appeared in the Christchurch District Court today. Joshua Lukic,...
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Wall art at hostel leads to arrest
A 35-year-old man’s “beautification” efforts at a Christchurch backpacker hostel were not appreciated. The repair bill is $500. James William Gray repainted a room with large heart motifs that were...
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Doctor convicted on indecency charges
A 62-year-old Christchurch doctor evitably faces a “lengthy term of imprisonment” after his conviction on unlawful sexual connection and indecently assaulting male patients. Judge Jane Farish today...
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Frying pan allegedly used in bashing
Police allege a woman was strangled and bashed with a frying pan in a domestic assault which has led to a man being refused bail in a hearing at the Christchurch District Court. Reece James...
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Woman claims she was forced into crime
A woman says she was forced into crime by her ex-partner’s involvement with the Nomads gang. Forty-four-year-old Amanda Cherie Cook went on a 10-month crime spree, which she says was the price she had...
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Alleged shooter refused bail
Bail was refused for a 58-year-old man charged with shooting a woman in Bryndwr last week, when he applied to be released from custody at the Christchurch District Court today. Stephen Bruce Angus has...
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Businessman admits $750,000 frauds
Canterbury businessman Paul Martin Encell has admitted defrauding $750,000 from the tax department, businesses, and one man who contracted him to build a house. Encell lied about having a 10-year...
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Man jailed for indecencies after online contact
It began with a 47-year-old man confiscating booze from a 15-year-old girl at a party because she was too young. Months of sexual indecencies followed. Jeffrey Paul Hosking’s actions have now led to...
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