Articles by David Clarkson, Open Justice
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Crime
Lifer causes $18,370 damage with her personal prison riot
Wednesday, 29 June 2022, 4:50pmA woman serving life for murder caused $18,370 damage when she got on to the roof of Christchurch Women's Prison, and began...
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Crime
Judge has never seen such a web of lies
Tuesday, 21 June 2022, 4:13pm"Frankly I have never seen the like of it," said a district court judge as he considered Nicola Sara Watt's web of lies. She...
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Crime
Girl, 12, left angry and withdrawn, angry after sleeping sex assault
Tuesday, 21 June 2022, 2:15pmA 28-year-old man has begun a two-year six-month jail offending that left a 12-year-old girl "withdrawn, angry, and extremely...
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Crime
Trial alleging drink-spiking at Christchurch bar delayed until February
Friday, 3 June 2022, 3:16pmFour defendants, 38 complainants, and 88 charges - a trial on allegations of drink-spiking and sexual assault has been delayed...
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Crime
Crown wants to grab $1m assets after jail term on party pill charge
Monday, 16 May 2022, 2:28pmThe Crown is seeking forfeiture of nearly $1 million of assets from a man convicted of conspiring to deal in illegal party...
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Crime
Trial presses on after juror tests positive
Wednesday, 23 March 2022, 11:29amThe murder trial of Niraj Nilesh Prasad is pressing on after a jury member tested positive for Covid-19 as the third day...
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Crime
'Moving furniture': Man with gang links jailed for aggravated robbery
Friday, 11 March 2022, 3:42pmCaleb Kara claims he had gone to an address with three men to "move furniture". The police called it aggravated robbery. That...
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Crime
White supremacist Philip Arps goes on trial for phone abuse charges
Friday, 18 February 2022, 12:01pmWhite supremacist Philip Arps was draped in a New Zealand flag, unvaccinated and refusing a mask when he appeared at the...
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National
Last indecency charge against rapper dropped
Thursday, 17 February 2022, 8:34pmThe last charge – alleging indecent assault – has been dropped against a man who was held in custody for a month when he...
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Crime
Judge to deportee: 'You think the world owes you a living. It doesn't.'
Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 3:53pmAn Australian deportee with a history of violence has been given a helping hand from a judge at his latest sentencing. In...
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Crime
Taxi driver's indecency 'public safety' issue, says Crown
Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 12:55pmThe Crown has described an indecent assault by a taxi driver as "an issue of public safety" but a judge has ruled out describing...
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Crime
Car used as weapon in riverside assaults
Thursday, 10 February 2022, 2:28pmA Rangiora man has admitted using his car to intimidate and ram the vehicle of two good Samaritans who were rescuing his...
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Crime
Govt communications adviser admits Christmas bar assault
Thursday, 10 February 2022, 1:02pmA Government communications adviser has admitted a Christmas Eve assault at a Christchurch bar in which it is understood...
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Crime
Suppression lapses on second Connor Whitehead murder accused
Thursday, 3 February 2022, 11:42amOpen Justice reporting, funded through NZ on Air. Name suppression has lifted on one of the men charged with the murder of...
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Crime
Man admits 30 violence, sex charges
Tuesday, 25 January 2022, 2:02pmA 40-year-old man has admitted a series of 30 charges including sexual assaults on a girl, injuring a boy, and kidnapping,...
