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1 week ago |
rnz.co.nz | Ric Stevens
By Ric Stevens of Dean Scott's life spiralled out of control as his drug use increased. His visa to be in Australia was revoked after he was sent to prison. A tribunal reversed that decision, saying the story of how he turned his life around was "compelling". A drug-using New Zealand citizen who went "cold turkey" and turned his life around during the five years his case took to work through the Australian justice system has avoided being deported as a 501.
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1 week ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Ric Stevens
A 40-year-old man sent indecent images to a 14-year-old girl he knew from his workplace. Photo / NZMEThis article discusses sexual offending against young people and may be upsetting. A 40-year-old man sent semi-naked photos of himself to a 14-year-old girl, then asked for a lighter sentence when he was placed on the child sex offender register. But the man, who cannot be named, was not a first offender.
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2 weeks ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Ric Stevens
Daniel Richard Rigby, 41, and David Reynolds, 42, picked up a woman from a Napier street and took her to a motel. Photo / NZMEWARNING: This article describes sexual crimes against a woman with an intellectual disability and may be distressing for some readers. Daniel Richard Rigby and David Reynolds were imprisoned for the sexual violation of a woman with an intellectual disability. Rigby appealed against his rape conviction but it was dismissed by the Court of Appeal.
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2 weeks ago |
newstalkzb.co.nz | Ric Stevens
WARNING: This article describes sexual crimes against a woman with an intellectual disability and may be distressing for some readers. Daniel Richard Rigby and David Reynolds were imprisoned for the sexual violation of a woman with an intellectual disability. Rigby appealed against his rape conviction but it was dismissed by the Court of Appeal. The court found the jury’s verdicts were consistent and based on a rational assessment of evidence.
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2 weeks ago |
rnz.co.nz | Ric Stevens
By Ric Stevens, Open Justice reporter of A district court judge has been under scrutiny since disputed reports surfaced following a row at the Northern Club last December The Judicial Conduct Commissioner recommended that a panel look into the incident involving Judge Ema Aitken Judge Aitken sought, and has now failed, to obtain a High Court review of that recommendation A judge has failed to block a recommendation that a panel investigate her conduct after she got into a fracas involving NZ...
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