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Why police ‘like’ Facebook
An online drug dealer says he just never thought that the Christchurch Police might be Facebooking like everyone else. His cannabis dealing on social media has landed him a nine-month home detention...
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Blood spatter from pig carcasses found in dairy freezer
A church fundraiser has led to prosecution after blood splatter from pig carcasses was found on other food stored in the freezer of a Stanmore Road dairy. The Faithful Daez dairy and its 51-year-old...
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No bail bid by sexual assault accused
A 52-year-old man charged with sexual violation at a dance school made no application for release on bail when he appeared in the Christchurch District Court today. Tangapiri Teikamata, of Cashmere,...
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MPI appeal to stop another ‘didymo-style’ outbreak
Three Marimo moss balls are “out there” and the Ministry of Primary Industries wants people to hand them in before another didymo-type biosecurity outbreak happens. The moss balls were sold through...
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Charges against ‘God’ tossed out
It looked a bit like divine intervention, but the problems that beset a case involving “God” at the Christchurch District Court were probably very much human. The man has repeatedly claimed he is God...
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Consultant admits frauds related to Izone project
A property consultant who arranged for a real estate agent to receive nearly $150,000 commission that the agent did not earn pleaded guilty to 14 fraud charges and has been remanded in custody for...
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Sleeping driver ‘hijacked’
A man who “hijacked a guy” sleeping in his car on September 23, admitted charges of kidnapping, dangerous driving, unlawfully taking a car, and failing to stop for police in the Christchurch District...
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Suppression granted for Merivale murder accused
A 54-year-old Aranui man accused of the murder of a woman in Merivale at the weekend has been granted name suppression at the request of the police, and defence. Christchurch District Court Judge Jane...
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Elderly woman driver in tears after ‘glasses’ assault
A 75-year-old woman was left shaking and in tears after Graeme Nigel Patterson confronted her about a driving error. Patterson, 51, who works as a tour bus driver, thought the woman should have given...
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Shouting, swearing ends meth importation trial
File image. © Andrew Bardwell A jury was hurriedly ushered from a Christchurch courtroom when the man they had just convicted of drug importation began shouting in the dock and a woman in the public...
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Dance school sex assault denied
A 52-year-old man denies sexually violating a woman while giving massages at a Christchurch dance school. Tangapiri Teikamata entered his not guilty plea at a video-link appearance in the Christchurch...
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Alleged rest home intruder charged
A Somerfield man has been charged with two offences which have prompted a police warning about rest home security. Jolian Wayne Thomas King, 42, was granted a registrar’s remand without needing to...
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Woman must pay for whacking homeless man’s dog
A 22-year-old woman will have to pay $200 to a homeless man for whacking his dog over the head with a stick. The dog was left with a small cut on its head. It was not taken for veterinary treatment....
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More charges against ‘Momma Doof’
Additional charges have been laid against “Momma Doof” – Theresa Anne Soper – and her trial on a liquor supply allegation has been delayed. The charge of allowing unlicensed premises “to be used as a...
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Supervision for ‘scummy’ Christmas burglary
A soon-to-be teen dad has been granted supervision for a Christmas Day burglary that a judge described as “scummy”. Pierre Tawhi, also listed as Pirre Tawhi on a court document, will spend years...
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Wheelie-bin arson victims will get payments
Householders who were victims of a serial wheelie-bin arsonist will all get $400 payments for emotional harm reparations. Thirty-nine-year-old Michael Edward Brittenden set fire to 19 wheelie bins...
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Justice ‘precinct’ should never be repeated – Appeal Court judge
Christchurch’s new Justice and Emergency Services Precinct is a “magnificent achievement” says the President of the Court of Appeal, but he hopes the concept will never be repeated. Justice Stephen Kos...
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Meth and ecstasy imports admitted
An unemployed Christchurch man pleaded guilty to four charges of importing methamphetamine and ecstasy by mail during May and June 2016. Christopher William Tett, 33, admitted importing drugs through...
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Custody remand for park attack accused
An 18-year-old who allegedly attacked a woman in Hagley Park last night will stay in custody while a legal aid application is processed. Tane Faatafa appeared by audio visual link in the Christchurch...
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Online cheater jailed
An online cheat was jailed for 19 months on 34 charges of using various internet auction sites to sell mobile phones and a laptop computer which she did not have. Jasmine Carole Lasseter, 23, was also...
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