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Coroner considers next steps in Lachie Jones case after police reinvestigation (opens the original)
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The coroner’s court is deciding what the next step is after police’s reinvestigation into the death of Gore toddler Lachie Jones. Lachie Jones was found dead in an oxidation pond 1.2km from his home on January 29, 2019, and police almost immediately determined it to be a tragic drowning. A subsequent reinvestigation came to the same conclusion, but the boy’s father Paul Jones has repeatedly rubbished that opinion and been openly critical of the police’s conduct. In June last year he received som
Man who stole at least $20k worth of Pokémon and other cards has sentencing delayed (opens the original)
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A South Island employee who stole trading cards from his workplace has had his sentencing delayed. The man, aged in his 20s, appeared in the Dunedin District Court for sentence sentencing on Thursday after earlier admitting a charge of theft in a special relationship. The man was caught on CCTV stealing at least $20,000 worth of trading cards from the shop he worked at and went on to sell the most valuable cards online. The man had handed over his “entire collection” of trading cards to police a
Scott Technology admits failings over Dunedin dad’s death in meat processing machine (opens the original)
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A Dunedin robotics company has been hauled before the courts and admitted failings after an employee died in a workplace accident. Michael Sherry, 32, was killed in April 2025, at Scott Technology NZ Ltd. On Thursday, the company’s lawyer appeared in the Dunedin District Court and entered a guilty plea to a charge of failing to ensure the health and safety of workers, exposing them to the risk of death or serious injury. The maximum penalty for the offence is a fine of up to $1.5 million. A Work
‘Senseless’: Otago university student died after excessive drinking, coroner finds (opens the original)
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The death of a University of Otago student at a flat party, is a “woeful illustration of the prevalent youth drinking culture”, a coroner says. The first-year student was 20 when he died on October 1, 2023. Coroner Emma van Son made suppression orders at the request of the family, meaning the student cannot be named. In her findings, released on Monday, she said the man became unresponsive after drinking alcohol at a flat party. While he was unconscious, his airways became blocked with vomit, ca
Blaze which gutted Caversham home caused by ‘log rolling from open fire’ (opens the original)
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A log rolling out of an open fire is believed to have been the cause of a fire which ripped through a Caversham house. The blaze in Thomson St, about 12.40pm on Friday, happened during strike action by Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz) staff, which meant volunteer brigades were sent to fight it. On Wednesday, a Fenz spokesperson said the cause of the fire was accidental. It appeared a log on an open fire rolled out, knocked over a fire screen and set the flooring alight, the spokesperson sai
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