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Residents have been reporting numerous disorder, violence, burglaries and car crimes being committed by local youth and police say it is time to bring the offenders to account.
Flaxmere community constable Greg Andrew says the problem is o...
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Samoan national Tofa Fuaivaa, 30, has been bailed to an address in Blenheim after he was accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in Hawke's Bay.
Mr Fuaivaa appeared at Hastings District Court on Tuesday before Judge Richard Watson. It has been report...
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The pre-trial hearing for the former Napier city councillor charged with murdering his wife in Canada has been adjourned until next month.
The hearing for Peter Beckett, 56, was scheduled for this week but was put off until June 11, a Salm...
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The man accused of an assault that left the victim in hospital for over a week has been found not guilty at Napier District Court today.
Amit Malik, lawyer for the accused Agatupu Samu, told the court his client was in fact a hero and a compassion...
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A man who killed his second wife and was convicted of the manslaughter of another partner has been denied parole.
Malcolm Alan Francis, in his 60s, was convicted and sentenced in 2003 for the death of 37-year-old Wathanak Tea two years earlier.
M...
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A Hawke's Bay man who lured a teenager to his house for a modelling shoot has been found guilty of sexually violating the young man. It took the jury less than two hours to deliver a verdict.
Judge Raoul Neave granted the 42-year-old enterta...
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A man who filmed up the skirts of women shopping in Napier is facing a possible prison sentence.Richard Snook, 42, bought a video camera at a Napier pawnbroker on January 31, put it in his bag and wandered around town getting as close as he could t...
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A Hastings man guilty of nearly 70 child porn-related charges will be sentenced today.
Aaron John Ellmers, 41, played a role in a global paedophilia ring, which included filming his own sexual abuse of children and distributing it online.
He admi...
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Heading to the Monster Truck Show in Napier Shane McKay couldn't believe his eyes as he saw his beloved stolen speed boat being towed in the opposite direction.
The Okawa Bay boat owner said the boat named Jessie James, which was once a well known...
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Three Hawke's Bay Regional Prison officers were attacked while they prepared an inmate for transfer to another facility - one of the officers requiring hospital treatment while a second was left with minor injuries which were treated at the scene.
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Greens justice spokesperson Dave Clendon says the prospect of a 21-year-old mugger going to jail for 14 years under the three strikes law shows how the law is flawed.
Hastings man Elijah Whaanga has been sentenced to two years' jail for aggravated...
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A Mongrel Mob leader with a long list of convictions for violence has been freed on parole after vowing to change his ways.
Sonny Charlton Kaori Smith, 48, was freed in January, two years after he was sentenced to eight years' jail for wounding ...
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