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‘Sweaty and shaking’: Dunedin woman sentenced after hiding killer husband’s shoes from police (opens the original)
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The wife of a murderer who tried to hide incriminating evidence from police has been sentenced to five months' home detention. Gurpreet Kaur, 31, appeared in the High Court at Dunedin this morning after pleading guilty to attempting to pervert the course of justice. Kaur’s husband 35-year-old Rajinder was found guilty of the murder of Gurjit Singh following a jury trial last year and was jailed for life with a minimum of 17 and a half years at sentencing in April. The court heard Kaur was now in
Dunedin man who gut-shot victim in vigilante crossbow attack has sentence cut (opens the original)
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A Dunedin man who shot his victim with a crossbow from near point-blank range has had more than a year axed from his sentence. Shaun Michael Hartstone, 26, was jailed for nearly six and a half years when he appeared before the High Court at Dunedin a year ago, after admitting the vigilante attack which stemmed from the theft of his motorbike. But in a decision released today, the Court of Appeal said the sentence was too stern and too little regard was given to the defendant’s mental-health issu
Bus hub killer assaulted another boy in lock-up (opens the original)
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The teenager who stabbed a schoolboy to death at Dunedin’s bus hub seriously assaulted another boy in the period since, the Parole Board has heard. Early release was declined and the 15-year-old will be in custody until at least January, the board ruled. Knife, axe seized after Dunedin bus hub brawl The teen was initially jailed for three years three months after a jury before the High Court at Dunedin found him guilty of the manslaughter of 16-year-old Trinity College pupil Enere McLaren-Taana.
Insane killer will never be named after ‘tragic’ Dunedin stabbing (opens the original)
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A Dunedin boarding-house resident who stabbed a man to death will never be named and will spend the foreseeable future in a secure ward. The 26-year-old appeared in the High Court at Dunedin this morning after being found not guilty of the murder of 36-year-old Aneli Helu Katea by reason of insanity. Both prosecution and defence agreed on the outcome and Justice Jonathan Eaton duly made an order detaining him as a special patient in a secure facility. “He poses a significant risk to the safety o
Youth worker gets community service for punching, stomping teen ‘with significant force’ (opens the original)
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A former Te Kāika youth-justice staffer who attacked a teenager while on his way to work has failed to dodge a conviction. Allan McKenzie Haua, 35, appeared in the Dunedin District Court this afternoon after admitting a charge of assault with intent to injure and making a false statement to police. A discharge without conviction application was filed by the defendant on the basis that a black mark on his previously clean criminal record would have an unduly negative effect on his job prospects.
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