Jail sentence for sex assaults on children

A woman who was indecently assaulted as a child said she and other victims were free and could now move on in life knowing the man who abused them had been caught, a court heard yesterday.

'You can't hurt us no more': Man jailed for indecent assaults

Invercargill District Court. PHOTO: ODT Files

'You can't hurt us no more': Man jailed for indecent assaults

A woman who was indecently assaulted as a child said she went through pain and fear every time her abuser forced her to do foul acts, the court heard today.

Reason for assault on partner ‘unbelievable’

A man who hit his partner for putting the wrong condiment on his sausage was told by a judge in court yesterday the reason for his offending was "frankly unbelievable".

Court hears how abuse shook family

The grandfather of a girl who was sexually abused by her father from the age of 9 months could not hug his granddaughter the same because of what the man had done, a court heard yesterday.

Man on trial pleads guilty to assaults

A man who cut and poked a woman with a butcher’s knife and punched her while wearing a knuckle-duster pleaded guilty only hours into a jury trial in the Invercargill District Court yesterday.

'It makes me feel sick': Father sentenced after abusing daughter

A grandfather of a girl who was sexually abused by her father from the age of nine months, said he didn't feel comfortable hugging his granddaughter now because of what her father had done.

Mums attend driver’s sentencing

Vicki Kelly, holding a photo of her son, and Tania Henare, mothers of Shaun Hattrill and Nicola...

Mums attend driver’s sentencing

As Michael Robert Raroa was taken to the Invercargill District Court cells by police yesterday, the mother of a woman who died in a crash called in Maori for the spirits of her daughter and her...

'I despise you': Grieving mum can't forgive crash passenger

A mother from Gore says she will never forgive the people responsible for the death of her son in a Southland crash.

Leave ex alone or face prison, offender told

A man who ransacked his ex-girlfriend’s house and stole a locket containing her grandmother’s ashes before trying to set fire to her home was reminded by a judge in the Invercargill District Court...

Judge warns man: leave ex alone - or next time jail

A man who ransacked his ex-girlfriend’s house and stole a locket containing her grandmother’s ashes, before trying to set fire to her home, has been reminded by a judge in Invercargill that the relationship is over.

Mother admits ill-treating baby who almost died

A mother whose 5-week-old baby was likely suffocated, twisted and violently squeezed appeared in the Invercargill District Court yesterday and admitted ill-treating and neglecting the infant.

Community sentence for assault

A man who punched a woman at an old people’s home was trying to teach her a lesson, a court heard yesterday.

Rugby player guilty of assaulting women

Former Fiji international Talemaitoga Tuapati (centre). Photo: Getty Images

Rugby player guilty of assaulting women

Inappropriate behaviour at an Invercargill strip club led to a Fijian international and Southland Stag rugby player assaulting two women after he refused to leave.

Southland Stag sentenced over assaults at strip club

Talemaitoga Tuapati. Photo: Getty Images (file)

Southland Stag sentenced over assaults at strip club

Inappropriate behaviour at an Invercargill strip club led to a Fijian rugby international and Southland Stag player assaulting two women after he refused to leave, a court has been told.

Recidivist drink-driver narrowly missed pole

A woman who has an extensive drink-driving record, told police she had not consumed any alcohol on the day she narrowly missed hitting a concrete lamp post.

Sex act shocking, disgusting

It must have been disgusting and shocking for a McDonald’s drive-through worker to see a woman doing a sexual act on a man as they waited for their food order, a judge has told the Gore District Court.

Drink-driver breached prison release conditions

Drink-driver breached prison release conditions

A woman with an extensive drink-driving record told police she had not consumed any alcohol on the day she narrowly missed hitting a concrete lamp post.

Sexual act performed in front of McDonald's drive-thru worker

A woman's lawyer says she was grossly intoxicated when she performed a sexual act on a man in front of staff while waiting for food at a fast food drive-thru in Gore last year.

Bankruptcy confusion leads to loss of home

A piece of paperwork has cost an Invercargill accountant who was adjudged bankrupt his home.

Pregnant woman stole ‘to order’

A judge believes a pregnant woman who stole tools throughout the Southern region was stealing to order to fund her drug habit.

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