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The girl, who was left bleeding and bruised, attempted to kill herself afterwards. Judge Lance Rowe​, who sentenced the four rapists in 2017, said the quartet treated the girl as “less than human” and a “sexual plaything”. Stuff The four who took part in the gang rape of a girl in 2014. Clockwise, from top left: Anthony Hirawani, Renee Haeata, Meha Taylor-Haeata and Lou Harrison. According to a report released to Stuff in March, he will next be seen by the board by the end of July...

Judge Lance Rowe thanked the jurors for their dedication after “a very difficult trial to hear”. One of the charges involved Bullock slicing off a womans track pants with a box cutter and holding it as he raped her. Crown prosecutor Guy Carter detailed the fear the women felt, and the confusion they had aboutwhat happened to them. He said consent is not a given and everyone had the right to choose every time they engaged in sexual acts. “You heard under interview that both women re...

Dannevirke District Court: Victim believed pistol was held to his head 10 Mar, 2021 02:06 AM 3 minutes to read Violence charges land two men in Dannevirke District Court. Photo / File Hawkes Bay Today A man who held what his victim thought was a pistol to his head was sentenced when he appeared in Dannevirke District Court. Shannon Dean Wilson, 42, was charged with threatening to kill/grievous bodily harm and presenting a firearm-like object on September 27, 2019. Wilson had pleaded not guilty...

Neighbours row over electric fence ends up in court 8 Mar, 2021 12:09 AM 5 minutes to read Neighbours at war landed a woman in Dannevirke District Court recently. Photo / File Hawkes Bay Today A dispute over the fencing of a roadside verge landed a Makotuku woman in Dannevirke District Court on a charge of assaulting her neighbour. Beverley Polkinghorne was charged with assaulting Helen Upson on May 14 on the Matamau/Ormondville Rd, a charge she denied. Prosecutor Anna Barham said there was a ...

He was suspended from driving for three months in October for too many demerit points. Despite that, police clocked him driving above the speed limit at 1.45am on October 24 on Roberts Line, Palmerston North. He sped off when a police car went to do a U-turn, but was spotted by police 10 minutes later on Fitzherbert St East. Again, he sped off, this time towards Summerhill, passing a milk tanker on a curved section of road as he did so. He kept driving despite police spiking all of his car...

The man’s wives, however, do have name suppression. Gill married his first wife in a Sikh ceremony in India in October 2010, with the pair moving to New Zealand soon after. The pair, who have a child together, separated in June 2017. Gill was still in contact with his first wife and their child, when he got in contact with a woman in October 2018 via a matrimonial matchmaking website. They agreed to get married and Gill travelled to India in February 2019 to meet her family and be part o...

Swan, 36, has a long history of poor driving, with convictions for careless driving, dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and drink-driving. He was in court on Thursday to be sentenced for drink-driving, sustained loss of traction and three charges of driving while disqualified. The offences took place between May and September, with Swan on bail for all but the first offence. He drove while disqualified on May 31, July 6 and September 26. The September offending also involved him...

Tangaroa Te Whaiti De Thiery assaulted his ex-partner and smashed up her property, while being forced to live together during lockdown.

Alderdice said Baker had a troubled relationship with her ex-partner, who was in the Mongrel Mob. Although she loved him there was a history of violence but, this was Baker’s first violent offence. On the night in question, police were called to the Feilding property to break up an argument. Her partner left but came back and when Baker asked him to leave, he became angry. He grabbed a pole and started smashing a car, sparking a physical fight. The fight ended when Baker pulled a switchbla...

Joseph Simeon will serve five months' home detention for swinging ex-partner by hair and kicking her daughter.