Ric Stevens

6 days ago | newstalkzb.co.nz | Ric Stevens

This story discusses rape and abduction and may be distressing for some readers. A man duped his partner’s female relative into getting into his vehicle by saying he needed help buying a birthday present. He took her to a remote location and raped her repeatedly. Now he’s been jailed for 10 years and eight months. A woman escaped from a terrifying rape ordeal in a remote forestry track after she managed to lock her abductor out of his car and drive away.

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Ric Stevens

The woman was taken to a remote area out of phone coverage, off the Taihape road. Photo / Mark MitchellThis story discusses rape and abduction and may be distressing for some readers. A man duped his partner’s female relative into getting into his vehicle by saying he needed help buying a birthday present. He took her to a remote location and raped her repeatedly. Now he’s been jailed for 10 years and eight months.

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Ric Stevens

Recidivist offender David Rata Bagley is being released from prison two months before his statutory release date. WARNING: This article describes domestic violence which may be upsetting to some people. David Rata Bagley, 43, will be released from prison in July under strict conditions. Bagley has a 25-year criminal history, including violence against the mother of his 11 children. The Parole Board approved his release with conditions including an ankle bracelet and a curfew.

1 week ago | radionz.co.nz | Ric Stevens

By Ric Stevens, Open Justice reporter of Homicide victim Javon Aranui suffered 16 different head injuries when he was beaten up on a Hastings street early one morning in December 2023. A jury has now decided that the assault - described by a 111 caller as a "bloody beating" - was not a case of murder. Instead, Ahere Gillies and Isaiah Buchanan, the two men who faced a murder charge in the case, have each been found guilty of the lesser count of manslaughter.

1 week ago | rnz.co.nz | Ric Stevens

By Ric Stevens, Open Justice reporter of Homicide victim Javon Aranui suffered 16 different head injuries when he was beaten up on a Hastings street early one morning in December 2023. A jury has now decided that the assault - described by a 111 caller as a "bloody beating" - was not a case of murder. Instead, Ahere Gillies and Isaiah Buchanan, the two men who faced a murder charge in the case, have each been found guilty of the lesser count of manslaughter.