Woman charged with February murder of Napier woman released on bail
11 May, 2021 09:55 PM
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The woman was critically injured at an address on Clark Ave, Pirimai, about 11.40am on February 1. Photo / Warren Buckland
The woman was critically injured at an address on Clark Ave, Pirimai, about 11.40am on February 1. Photo / Warren Buckland
Hawkes Bay Today
A 48-year-old woman charged with the murder of a 29-year-old woman in Napier has been released on bail.
The victim was critically injured at an address on Clark Ave, Pirimai, about 11.40am on February 1.
She was rushed to Hawke s Bay Hospital and died on February 28.
The crash on the Napier-Taupō Road.
A teenager charged with careless driving causing death in relation to the death of a seasonal worker can now be named. Nicholas Yorke, 19, appeared in Napier District Court on Wednesday morning. An order for interim name suppression lapsed when he appeared. He faces one charge of careless driving causing death and nine charges of careless driving causing injury in the crash on the Napier-Taupō Road (State Highway 5) on October 18 last year. No pleas were entered.
Arrest for Napier s Bay View petrol station inferno
12 May, 2021 06:27 AM
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The aftermath of the Bay View BP fire on the night of January 15. Photo / File
The aftermath of the Bay View BP fire on the night of January 15. Photo / File
Hawkes Bay Today
A 44-year-old man has been charged with criminally endangering public safety after a three-month investigation of an inferno at BP Bay View north of Napier.
The man is understood to have already appeared in court, and is currently remanded to appear in Napier District Court on June 2.
The fire happened mid-evening on the Friday night of January 15 when the State Highway 2 station – the last fuel stop for northbound highway traffic heading towards Taupo and Wairoa.
Woman charged with murder of Napier woman in February released on bail
11 May, 2021 09:55 PM
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The woman was critically injured at an address on Clark Ave, Pirimai, about 11.40am on February 1. Photo / Warren Buckland
The woman was critically injured at an address on Clark Ave, Pirimai, about 11.40am on February 1. Photo / Warren Buckland
Hawkes Bay Today
A 48-year-old woman charged with the murder of a 29-year-old woman in Napier has been released on bail.
The victim was critically injured at an address on Clark Ave, Pirimai, about 11.40am on February 1.
She was rushed to Hawke s Bay Hospital and died on February 28.
Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King
Nicholas Yorke appeared in the Napier District Court this morning.
Police allege in October last year, Yorke was driving a van of workers on the highway between Napier and Taupō.
The van was about to turn into a road when a truck came in from behind, the police said after the crash.
A 37-year-old Samoan man, Tino Tagiilima, died and nine other people were injured.
Yorke was critically injured in the crash.
He did not enter a plea and is due to reappear in court next month. Share this