Mark Dean Hoggart to leave prison after 21 years but remains ‘a risk’ to partners
He’s been paroled twice and reoffended against his partners each time, most recently in 2019. Hoggart has remained…
West Coast man Cody Wilson sentenced for luring girls to send explicit photos, child images found
One said in her victim impact statement read on her behalf that Wilson, who was living in Christchurch…
Napier trial told young woman feared for her life at hands of older man she was living with
The man has pleaded not guilty to all charges. The woman, who has statutory name suppression, went to…
All Points Camping club allows convicted paedophile David Triggs to remain a member
Triggs offended against a primary-school-aged girl in Palmerston North between July 1997 and August 2000. Most of the…
Witness describes moment partner was fatally stabbed in Kaitāia beer bottle attack
Thompson is on trial for murder in the High Court at Whangārei over the 2024 incident in Kaitāia.…
Army hopes dashed as Joshua William Ford sentenced for grooming teenage girl
Ford was supported at the Christchurch District Court by his parents. His lawyer Anne Stevens, KC, said Ford…
Hamilton Dr William ‘Bill’ Reeder jailed for the sexual abuse of three girls over three decades
The 79-year-old’s youngest victim, whom he offended against from childhood through to her late teens, said she now…
Supreme Court upholds youth justice principles should apply to offenders charged as adults
It noted this was a significant change for a narrow group of offenders. In that case, the man…
Whangārei court hears convicted murderer Sydney Bristow’s appeal on late-laid sex charges
However, he has now appealed against the recent sentence, with his lawyer arguing it failed to factor in…
Her hit divorce memoir may not have told the whole story. Maybe it doesn’t matter
Questions have arisen about Belle Burden’s best-selling work, but female readers are defending it anyway. All the best…
Serial sex offender Shannan Taylor sentenced in Whanganui to 22 years in prison
But his sexual offending stretched back even further than that. Taylor is already serving a prison sentence for…
Former Kaitāia teacher Warren Togiatama sentenced for indecent acts on child
But in March, just weeks before trial, Togiatama pleaded guilty to seven charges related to indecent acts, indecent…