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Mother's despair after supervised visit with young son led to destructive rampage (opens the original)
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A young Taranaki mother landed in court after a supervised visit with her 1-year-old son triggered a destructive rampage. Photo / 123rf When a supervised visit with her 1-year-old son did not go as a young mother had hoped, she spiralled into destruction. The child was not engaging with her, and the 21-year-old was devastated, prompting her to end the visit early and threaten to take her own life. Hours later, fuelled by alcohol and emotion, she went on a destructive rampage at two Taranaki prop
Police officer charged with tipping off drug suppliers, drug possession (opens the original)
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Senior Constable Peter Gray of Whanganui police, pictured in 2015 at a children's event. Photo / NZME A police officer has been accused of tipping off suspected drug dealers about planned police search warrants. Whanganui senior constable Peter Elliot Gray, 61, is before the court facing multiple charges, including drug possession. The court has confirmed name suppression is not in place for Gray, while police have told NZME he is suspended on full pay. According to court documents released to N
'Cold-blooded execution': Terminally ill man gunned down on his doorstep (opens the original)
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Ethan Howe (left) and Stefan Hannon-McGinn have been sentenced for murdering Waitaanga Rd resident Sidney Ross Bridson and setting fire to his home with his body inside. Three years after a terminally ill man was gunned down on his doorstep and his body burned in a fire that destroyed his home, his family continues to grapple with the senseless loss. Sidney Ross Bridson, known as Yip Yip, was ambushed by Stefan Hannon-McGinn and Ethan Howe, who arrived at his isolated Waitaanga property, east of
'Like a bomb going off': Motorist's frantic warnings couldn't stop fatal wrong-way crash (opens the original)
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Helen Anita Epprecht Bucchieri was travelling to the Three Sisters rock formations in Tongapōrutu when she crashed. A motorist waved, yelled and whistled in a desperate attempt to stop a Swiss tourist driving on the wrong side of a highway. But seconds later, he heard “an almighty bang” as Helen Anita Epprecht Bucchieri collided head-on with a ute. Epprecht Bucchieri was holidaying in New Zealand when the crash happened on State Highway 3, about 2.5km south of Tongapōrutu in northern Taranaki. T
Woman found dead after house fire started by candles burns out unnoticed (opens the original)
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Joy Brewer died after unattended candles caused a fire at her New Plymouth home. Photo / 123rf When a neighbour noticed that mail was building up in Joy Brewer’s letterbox, she knocked on her door – but there was no answer. Brewer, described as “chatty”, had not been seen for days. Looking through a window at the New Plymouth property, the neighbour noticed smoke damage inside and called police. The October 2023 blaze, later linked to unattended candles, had burned itself out without attracting
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