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Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller The former officer appeared in the New Plymouth District Court today after completing police diversion. The court heard the then 24-year-old was working at the New Plymouth watchhouse in December when the cash was handed in and they paid a reward to the person who brought it in. The officer returned home with the money, but after discussing the situation with their grandparents had second thoughts, and confessed about the theft to a senior officer the following day. Susan Hughes QC, who represented the former officer, said they were isolated at work and had unre...

Christina Persico19:00, May 10 2021 ANDY JACKSON/Stuff A former police officer who stole $4000 has been granted name suppression in the New Plymouth District Court. (file photo) A former Taranaki police officer who admitted stealing $4000 which had been handed in by a member of the public has been allowed to keep their identity secret. But Judge Tony Greig said while police had taken a particularly lenient position in this case, anyone who thought the offender had been let off lightly due to their job was wrong. “I have over the last 30 or 40 years known of a number of cases where police ...

Weston’s home was subsequently cordoned off and searched by armed officers. He turned himself in several hours later. In explanation to police, he admitted he was furious and had gone to the address to deal with the male victim. In court, he faced sentence on four admitted charges – aggravated burglary and intentional damage in relation to the incident, and, in a separate matter, assault on a person in a family relationship and breach of supervision. Defence lawyer Julian Hannam pleaded for a sentence of home detention. He said Weston’s offending was linked to his violent upbringin...

He spat at the woman with his salvia landing on her lip. Another man entered the confrontation and stood between Stanley and the woman. Stanley attempted to punch the man, but this person moved and the blow instead connected with the woman’s jaw, knocking her to the ground. Leaving the party, Stanley ran to the road where he was confronted by other party goers. The group of men started fighting and Stanley was hit with a glass bottle during his attempt to flee. He eventually made it to a nearby address where its occupants phoned police. Stuff In court on Thursday, Stanley admitted a ...

The Coxhead brothers’ judge-alone trial is set to continu on Wednesday. The judge-alone trial of two brothers facing a litany of charges continued mostly in chambers on Tuesday. The trial of Matthew David Coxhead and Regan Donald Coxhead continued in the New Plymouth District Court, but the majority of the day was spent behind closed doors. The pair are facing charges relating to theft and cannabis. During the short time in open court, Regan Coxhead pleaded guilty to two cannabis charges. Crown prosecutor Jacob Bourke asked questions of witness Sergeant Grant Sawtell around the discover...