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2 weeks ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Ric Stevens
Joel Leef appeared in the Napier District Court on family violence charges after assaulting his partner over a period of three weeks. Photo / Ric StevensWARNING: This article describes extreme family violence and may be upsetting. A woman six months pregnant suffered a miscarriage while being subjected to three weeks of “brutal, callous and degrading” violence, which left her with wounds in places down to the bone.
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2 weeks ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Ric Stevens
A woman was 17 years old and had a newborn when sexual offending against her by her brother-in-law started. Photo / 123rfWARNING: This article deals with sexual violation and family violence and may be upsetting for some readers. A young mother was sexually violated by her brother-in-law almost weekly for four years and was disbelieved when she tried to tell her family. However, a judge did believe her and her abuser is now beginning a lengthy jail term, after which he will be deported.
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2 weeks ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Ric Stevens
Police pulled Shanelle Neera-Wilson over in the early hours one morning last October. Photo / NZMEA whiff of cannabis during an early-morning traffic stop prompted police to search the car and prosecute the young mother driving it on drugs charges. Police officers have the power to search a vehicle without a warrant if they have “reasonable cause” to believe it contains drugs.
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2 weeks ago | 
odt.co.nz | Ric Stevens
You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. CanterburyNationalA judge was "literally holding my breath for other motorists" when he saw video footage of Kingi Karanga driving at speed the wrong way down two motorways - bringing "extreme danger to countless people".
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2 weeks ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Ric Stevens
Police found 115 cannabis plants at various stages of growth during a raid on a Sunnynook house. Generic photo / NZMETwo brothers have been convicted of cultivating cannabis at a rented property but the landlord, who owned four other alleged “grow houses”, has escaped prosecution. Police raided the Auckland house rented by The Hai Phan and visited by his brother Khanh Hoi Phan on September 9, 2022. Inside, they found a cannabis-growing operation with 115 plants at various stages of growth.
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2 weeks ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Ric Stevens
A judge was “literally holding my breath for other motorists” when he saw video footage of Kingi Karanga driving at speed the wrong way down two motorways – bringing “extreme danger to countless people”. Karanga drove against Auckland motorway traffic on three occasions on the same afternoon trying to evade police and their Eagle helicopter as they tracked the stolen vehicle he was in.
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3 weeks 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.
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4 weeks 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.
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4 weeks 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.
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4 weeks 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.
