Mystery story found on back of supermarket receipts in lockbox
12 Jan, 2021 03:07 AM
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The op shop staff opened the lockbox to find about two dozen receipts with fantasy notes written on the back. Photo / Supplied
The op shop staff opened the lockbox to find about two dozen receipts with fantasy notes written on the back. Photo / Supplied
The mystery author of a fantasy story found inside a lockbox donated to a Wellington op shop has been found thanks to the power of social media.
But just how the story notes made it into the lockbox and away from the author remains in question.
Back to jail: Dunedin child rapist found with sex-abuse material
12 Jan, 2021 03:41 AM
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Pierre John Parsons. Photo / Robb Kidd, ODT
Otago Daily Times
By: Rob Kidd
A Dunedin man who raped a 12-year-old girl and stole her clothes to wear has now been caught with child abuse material.
Pierre John Parsons, 43, is subject to his second decade-long Extended Supervision Order (ESO) - a measure which allows Corrections to keep close tabs on high-risk sex-offenders after their release from prison - until 2027.
It means the defendant has effectively been closely managed by authorities for almost his entire adult life.
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Havana: Political Opportunism
L Avana (foto Ansa/Epa)
Donald Trump leaves a new poisoned meatball to his successor Joe Biden: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that the United States has put Cuba back on the list of sponsoring countries of terrorism, a select club that includes Syria, Iran and North Korea. Havana s reaction was immediate, which condemned the political opportunism of Washington s decision which relegates Cuba to a cynical and hypocritical definition . Trump s decision, made for having repeatedly provided support to acts of international terrorism by guaranteeing a safe haven for terrorists , revokes a measure taken in 2015 by the Obama administration in the context of the thaw towards its former Cold War opponent.