Tauranga toddler murderer must serve at least 17 years behind bars
7 May, 2021 03:58 AM
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Tauranga toddler murderer Adrian Clancy was sentenced in the High Court at Tauranga on May 7. Photo / NZME
Tauranga toddler murderer Adrian Clancy was sentenced in the High Court at Tauranga on May 7. Photo / NZME
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A Tauranga man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a 17-month-old toddler who he violently assaulted. Adrian Colin Clancy, 39, was sentenced in the High Court at Tauranga this afternoon for the murder of toddler Sadie-Leigh Gardner in March 2019.
He was found guilty by a jury in the High Court of Rotorua on March 25.
Tauranga jury hears evidence about Ōmanawa execution-style alleged double murder
4 May, 2021 06:03 AM
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Sarah Tarei and her partner Samuel Fane are on trial in the High Court at Tauranga. Photo / George Novak
Sarah Tarei and her partner Samuel Fane are on trial in the High Court at Tauranga. Photo / George Novak
Ten minutes is all it took for Samuel Deane Fane and his older brother Anthony to allegedly shoot two men at a Bay of Plenty property execution-style in February last year, says the Crown.
Tauranga Crown solicitor Anna Pollett delivered her opening address in the case of the Samuel Deane Fane, 26, in the High Court at Tauranga today.
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Whakatāne Black Power member on trial defending attempted murder charge
9 Feb, 2021 06:00 PM
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The accused and the victim were both members of Black Power but were in different chapters. Photo / File
The accused and the victim were both members of Black Power but were in different chapters. Photo / File
The lawyer for a gang member accused of almost fatally stabbing another man belonging to a different gang chapter says the Crown has the wrong man on trial. Cruz Sonny Fruean, 31, whose jury trial began in the High Court at Tauranga yesterday has pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempted murder and an alternative charge of causing grievous body harm while intending to cause Wetini Ranapia serious harm.
Omanawa murder accused appears in the High Court at Tauranga
3 Feb, 2021 11:33 PM
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A Bay man faced murder and firearm charges in Tauranga District Court on February 4. Photo / File
A Bay man faced murder and firearm charges in Tauranga District Court on February 4. Photo / File
A Bay of Plenty man has been charged with murder in relation to the death of 30-year-old Jamin Roemaata Harrison in Omanawa last week. The defendant, aged his 50s, faced charges of murder and unlawful possession of a firearm, namely a shotgun, when he appeared in the Tauranga District Court today via audio-visual link from prison.