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Computer company was ‘vehicle for fraud’
A property deal in Java is all that stands between a Christchurch GST fraudster and a jail term. Christchurch District Court Judge Tom Gilbert made that very clear to Andy Jayadi Ghozali at his...
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Woman admits robbery of elderly couple
A 39-year-old woman has admitted the robbery of an elderly Papanui couple, in which police allege garden secateurs were used as a weapon. Maera Elizabeth Todd, of Tikipunga in Whangarei, pleaded guilty...
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Courts closed by staff strike
Christchurch’s Justice Precinct was closed for the morning on Wednesday with court staff walking off the job for a two-hour strike in support of a wage claim. An early sitting handled overnight arrests...
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Agent gets home detention for $150,000 fraud
Home detention has been granted to a real estate agent who admitted a $149,094 fraud charge related to the Izone development in Rolleston. Shirley Anne Johnston, 66, admitted one representative charge...
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Police decide against more serious charge in baby death case
Police have decided against laying a more serious charge after a baby died a year after an alleged bashing. The High Court was told today by defence counsel Elizabeth Bulger that there was to be no...
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Custody remand on abduction charge
A 27-year-old Avonhead man has been remanded in custody charged with an attack on a woman in an early morning incident in Ilam. The man, Marcel Sydney Geros, a fisherman, appeared by video-link in the...
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Planned car robbery was behind killing
Robbery of an elderly man for a car was behind the killing of Pierclaudio Raviola who was found injured in a Sumner carpark in March 2017. Eighteen-year-old Moses Eli Hurrell has admitted punching and...
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Careless driving death admitted
A 34-year-old chef has admitted careless driving causing the death of Catherine Angela Davidson in a crash between Doyleston and Leeston, southwest of Christchurch, on May 5. Mark Anthony Robertson, of...
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Kidnapping, sexual assaults alleged
A Richmond man has been remanded in custody on charges of kidnapping two women and sexual assault. The man was remanded by Christchurch District Court Brian Callaghan for another appearance by...
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Former mob boss in custody on dog illtreatment charge
The former present of the Mongrel Mob’s Aotearoa chapter, Joseph “Junior” Wiringi, is in custody awaiting sentencing for cruel ill-treatment of a six-month-old puppy and threatening police with a...
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Businessman admits sex assaults on girls
A Christchurch businessman who preyed sexually on teenage girls – including Child, Youth, and Family runaways – has admitted 12 charges just as his jury trial was due to begin. Christchurch District...
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Murder parolee recalled to prison
File image. © Andrew Bardwell A murder life parolee has been recalled to prison until at least next March for using drugs. Melissa Anne Wepa, 44, had been recalled to prison by the parole board after a...
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Jail for hours of domestic violence
James Graham Body made his partner cook him a meal, made her watch him eat it, and then smashed the plate in front of her when he was finished. It was just a part of the hours of abuse he inflicted on...
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Electronic bail refused for Woodend murder accused
Electronically monitored bail has been refused for the teenager charged with the murder of Oliver Johnston, whose body was found on a Woodend property in early July. Heath Eric Morris, 18, applied for...
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Suppression lapses for stabbing murder accused
Name suppression has lapsed on a 52-year-old Upper Riccarton man accused of the stabbing murder of his ex-partner, who was killed in an incident in Ilam Road on September 15. Shiu Prasad appeared in...
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Reprieve for dog that mauled seal
A Wainoni man has been discharged without conviction for a dog’s attack that meant a fur seal savaged on New Brighton beach had to be euthanised. Christchurch District Court Judge Raoul Neave’s...
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Siblings agree to pay for parking building damage
An Aranui brother and sister who damaged a barrier arm and ticket dispenser in a Wilson’s Car Park have been told they need to learn to control their tempers. They were convicted and ordered to pay...
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Custody remand for two armed robberies
File image. © Andrew Bardwell A 23-year-old involved in the armed robbery of two shops is in custody and facing a jail term when he is sentenced in December. Christchurch District Court Judge Stephen...
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Charge alleging theft of missing man’s laptop dismissed
A charge alleging theft of a laptop from a man who has now been missing for nearly three years has been dismissed after the police decided they did not have enough evidence. Dion Louvain Lawrence was...
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Denial on synthetic drugs charge
A woman charged with possessing synthetic drugs with intent to supply them – arrested in police raids last week – has pleaded not guilty in the Christchurch District Court. Lani Hawkins, 21, has denied...
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