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A teen jailed for her part in the violent home invasion of a 90-year-old Levin woman, who died weeks later of a brain injury, now claims she was not the one who inflicted the fatal blows.
A man on trial for manslaughter admits assaulting one woman multiple times, but denies fatally beating another.
Late-night drunken munch comes with a side of knuckle sandwich for man in takeaway shop.
He was banned from owning or controlling all animals for seven years as a result of the 2015 offending, but given an exemption to own two companion animals. That ban still applied when an SPCA inspector discovered Ward’s latest offending when visiting his Foxton property in December 2019. Wags, a brown and tan female huntaway, had a growth giving off discharge in her right ear and signs of disease in her left ear. She also had flees and signs of dehydration, with a vet finding she suffered for months yet treatment was simple. Heidi, a white female shih tzu, had heavily matted hair whic...
Name suppression to stay until sentencing; man sneaked cell phone under cubicles or held it over the top.