by Gianina Schwanecke | 7 Oct, 2019 | Court, Local News
Victims thanks for courage in court GRAPHIC/STOCK.ADOBE.COM For the victims of an elderly Masterton sex offender, justice has been “a long time coming”. Mitchel Hemi, better known as Diesel or D, appeared in the Wellington District Court for sentencing in front of...
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by Emily | 27 Sep, 2019 | Court, Local News
A Wairarapa judge has found National leader Simon Bridge’s deputy chief of staff, Belinda Milnes, not guilty of common assault following a judge-alone trial in the Masterton District Court on Wednesday morning. Milnes, 50, had earlier pleaded not guilty to one charge...
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by Christine Dornan | 16 Sep, 2019 | Court, Local News
Eugene John DeMarco. PHOTO/FILE After three weeks, the man at the centre of the fraud trial relating to Sir Peter Jackson’s company, The Vintage Aviator Ltd, has been found guilty on all counts. Former manager Eugene John DeMarco, 57, was convicted on two charges of...
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by Christine Dornan | 13 Sep, 2019 | Court, Local News
Michael Beaumont, pictured outside the North Shore District Court on Wednesday. PHOTO/NZME Marist brother worked in Masterton Victim says church became place of trauma Auckland Catholic Diocese employee has been sentenced to home detention after admitting historical...
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by Christine Dornan | 10 Sep, 2019 | Court, Local News
GRAPHIC/STOCK.ADOBE.COM Fraud trial to continue this week The man at the centre of the fraud trial relating to Sir Peter Jackson’s company, The Vintage Aviator Ltd, took to the stand on Friday to tell the court his side of the story. Former manager Eugene DeMarco, 57,...
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by Christine Dornan | 21 Aug, 2019 | Court, Local News
An elderly Eketahuna man has been convicted of historical sex offending against children after admitting 32 charges including indecent assault, unlawful sexual connection, and sodomy. Mitchel Hemi, 82, appeared in Wellington District Court before Judge Jan Kelly on...
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by Gianina Schwanecke | 2 Aug, 2019 | Court, Local News
Wayne Namana who appeared in the High Court at Wellington on Wednesday. Namana to serve more than five years The head of a Wairarapa family who ran a major methamphetamine supply ring has been sentenced to five years and seven months imprisonment. Wayne Moewaka...
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by Gianina Schwanecke | 23 Jul, 2019 | Court, Local News
PHOTO/FILE Concerns over visa issues when travelling abroad helped see two keen hunters found guilty of poaching discharged without conviction in the Masterton District Court on Thursday. Masterton farmer and hunting tour guide Shane Gray Dougan, 67, and Carterton man...
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