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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. The board usually remands inmates for a year between appearances, but can shorten that – and of...

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 woman's 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 repeated the exact same story in regards to the sexual allegations. “They would struggle, they wou...

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 to the charge but counsel Lisa Grant asked Judge Lance Rowe for a sentencing indication. She said W...

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 confrontation between the women in which Polkinghorne used her shoulder to make contact with Ms Ups...

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's tyres, ending up on the rims. Griffiths eventually stopped, with police finding three passengers...