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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by Christine Dornan | 5 Jul, 2019 | Court, Local News
PHOTO/STOCK.ADOBE.COM Judge says there should be no retrial STEVE RENDLE steve.rendle@age.co.nz A three-year nightmare is over for two Featherston pensioners who have had their convictions for benefit fraud thrown out on appeal. David Paul Longhurst, 68, and Stephanie...
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by Christine Dornan | 4 Jul, 2019 | Court, Local News
PHOTO/FILE 76-year-old sentenced Frustrations understood He has a reputation as an old prankster, but Greytown resident David James Taylor admits he went too far when he claimed to ANZ bank staff in Masterton he was carrying a bomb. Appearing for sentencing in the...
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