by Christine Dornan | Jul 5, 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 | Jul 4, 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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by Beckie Wilson | Sep 29, 2018 | Court, Local News
Punch was self-defence against “racially abusive” man BECKIE WILSON beckie.wilson@age.co.nz A judge has thrown out an assault charge, saying a near-fatal punch was justified self-defence against a “racially abusive” man who had threatened to kill him. Judge Peter...
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by Beckie Wilson | Sep 27, 2018 | Court, Local News
BECKIE WILSON beckie.wilson@age.co.nz Paul Cadwallader was “not a good neighbour”, but did not deserve to be hit with a punch that almost killed him, a court hearing was told on Tuesday. The three-day trial of Puruata Nootai, 22, who pleaded not guilty to a charge of...
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