Five-year-old victim’s innocence stolen, mother says

Invercargill District Court. PHOTO: ODT FILES

Five-year-old victim’s innocence stolen, mother says

A woman told the man who indecently assaulted her 5-year-old daughter that he stole her innocence for his own "selfish, disgusting need", in court yesterday.

Shooting-accused 'acted in self-defence'

Invercargill shooting-accused 'acted in self-defence'

A man accused of shooting another near Invercargill last night was acting in self-defence, a court has heard.

Step daughter, wife outline impact

A man was told by his stepdaughter in court yesterday how his sexual offending had made her sad and scared.

Drug dealer ‘moulded’ by ex-boyfriend

A woman began dealing drugs because of a controlling and overbearing ex-boyfriend, a court has heard.

Hospital email drew attention to abuse images

Kenneth Hawkins appears in the Invercargill District Court yesterday on charges of possessing...

Hospital email drew attention to abuse images

A man who used a hospital’s wi-fi to send himself child exploitation images told police he looked at pictures of young naked children daily.

Hospital email drew attention to abuse images

A man who used Southland Hospital’s Wi-Fi to send himself child exploitation images told police he looked at pictures of young naked children daily.

Man denies trips were to source drugs

A chef was fired for attempting to sell P to co-workers. Photo: NZ Herlad

Man denies trips were to source drugs

A man who made five trips to Auckland between March and November 2020, posting 109g of methamphetamine and 28g of MDMA to his own address on one trip, said he was not sourcing drugs, a court heard...

Restaurants’ owner fined

A company which owns restaurants in Queenstown and Te Anau has been fined $10,400 after breaching fishery laws.

Man denies trips used to source drugs

A man who made five trips to Auckland in 2020, posting meth and MDMA to his own address on one trip, has told a judge in Southland he was not sourcing drugs.

Drugs, cash were birthday presents, court told

Drugs, cash were birthday presents, court told

A Mongrel Mob member told police that five bags of meth and more than $600 in a bag he was carrying were birthday presents from friends, an Invercargill court has been told.

Man found guilty of indecent assaults

A jury has found an Invercargill man guilty of indecent assaults against two girls.

Man had sex with dependant

A man who had a sexual relationship with a dependant will spend the next six months on community detention.

Alleged rape retrial continues

A jury will continue its deliberations on Monday to decide whether an Invercargill man indecently assaulted two child victims and induced a sexual act and raped one of them.

Woman convicted on eight charges

Taking methamphetamine and being in prison was not a path an Invercargill woman wanted to stay on, she told the court yesterday.

Retrial on child sexual abuse charges begins

An Invercargill man accused of raping an 8-year-old girl and indecently assaulting a 5-year-old girl appeared on the first day of a jury retrial in Invercargill yesterday.

Case dismissed: police error

An Invercargill woman "dodged a bullet" because of poor police evidence, a court heard yesterday.

Drink-driver didn't notice she'd broken KFC window

A drink-driver who backed into a KFC window in Invercargill was oblivious to what she had done until her 9-year-old son told her.

Man jailed for supplying meth

An Invercargill man who offered to supply methamphetamine and sped past a primary school at about 120kmh while pupils were in attendance, was sentenced to two years and two months’ jail this week.

Murder-accused in stabbing death case appears in court

The man accused of murdering a young father in Invercargill will keep his identity secret until at least next month.

No plea from Invercargill murder-accused

The man accused of murdering a young father in Invercargill has appeared in court but did not enter a plea, and has been granted interim name suppression.

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