The stoush that left high-profile cricketer Jesse Ryder in a critical condition started after a round of shots and an insult about “short arms and long pockets”. Two Canterbury men were fined and sentenced to community work when they appeared for sentencing in the Christchurch District Court today over the late-night attack near Christchurch’s Aikman’s…
Hello Sailor frontman Graham Brazier has been back in court, accused of assaulting a woman. The New Zealand musician denies the charge and appeared at the Auckland District Court yesterday. Wearing a Liverpool football shirt, Brazier remained quiet during his brief appearance and let his lawyer, Adam Couchman, do the talking. According to the police…
When his wife left him, Mandeep Singh bought knives and waited patiently in the foyer of her school until she finished her exam. As soon as 22-year-old Parmita Rani walked out of the Queen St premises, he stabbed her to death. Her friend Parminder Sandhu, 22, wrestled the knife from the defendant and rushed over…
http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/mt-eden-prison-guards-understaffed-afraid-2015072417 By Kim Vinnell There are fresh revelations private prison operator Serco went out of its way to make sure its squeaky clean record stayed that way. In Mt Eden prison where inmates are king, are guards who say they’re understaffed and afraid. “It’s about time we all spoke out and say what it’s actually…
Jesse Ryder was in an induced coma for nearly three days after the assault. Photo / NZ Herald A Christchurch pub fight involving Jesse Ryder arose when the star cricketer took offence at being accused of having “short arms and long pockets” after not buying his own round of shots, a court…
His Honour K J Glubb, pictured above right with Her Honour Chief District Court Judge J-M Doogue, was sworn in as an acting District Court Judge for a term of two years on Thursday 20 March 2014 at the Auckland District Court. A Powhiri commenced the proceedings with the Avondale Maori Cultural group singing several…
GRAHAME COX/Fairfax NZ IN COURT: Glenn Green. Relevant offers New Zealand’s most notorious stalker has appealed his latest prison sentence saying he got confused about who he was stalking and lavished undue attention on the wrong girl. Glenn Green is serving a 30-month sentence for two counts of criminal harassment, offending he began three weeks…
A sexual abuse trial was aborted after a juror revealed he became aroused while listening to evidence from the alleged victims. The elderly jury member was one of 12 people hearing a case in an Auckland Court this week about the sexual abuse of two teenage girls. The Herald has been told the jury was…
A CHILD sex offender, whose crimes went undetected for more than 25 years, has been jailed indefinitely. Bucklands Beach resident Brett David Grinder, 41, was sentenced in Auckland High Court on Friday to preventive detention on 24 sexual charges involving 13 complainants. He had earlier pleaded guilty to the charges in Manukau District Court….
Wednesday, 30 September, 2009 – 12:16 Auckland, Sept 30 NZPA – A man who kidnapped a five-year-old girl and held her for five days on Auckland’s North Shore last year has had his minimum jail term reduced. Deqiong Deng, 26, was jailed for nine years with a minimum non-parole period of 5-1/2 years after admitting…
