Violent crime pattern ends in jail term
Violence "with a very strong element of home invasion'' at Alexandra, attacks on two fellow prisoners at Otago Corrections Facility, and an assault on his former partner at Port Chalmers, brought t
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Japanese medical student to pay $1000 reparation
A Japanese medical student holidaying in New Zealand has been allowed to go home after paying $1000 reparation to a teenage driver injured in a two-vehicle crash near Henley last month.
Con man avoids jail with $20k redress
A convicted con man met a judge's ultimatum to come up with $20,000 reparation for his victim by 9am yesterday in order to avoid jail.
Three-strikes jail influx is yet to materialise
Sentence right, mayor says
Fines total $7950 for festival counts
Distracted driver admits fatal crash
An 18-year-old Christchurch Polytechnic student says he was distracted and agitated by his passengers when he lost control of his car and crashed, killing one of the passengers.