Helicopter company charged over crash that killed three people
10 May, 2021 09:10 PM
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The Alpine Group Ltd has been charged in relation to a crash on October 18, 2018, which killed pilot Nick Wallis and Department of Conservation employees Paul Hondelink and Scott Theobold. Video / ODT
The Alpine Group Ltd has been charged in relation to a crash on October 18, 2018, which killed pilot Nick Wallis and Department of Conservation employees Paul Hondelink and Scott Theobold. Video / ODT
Otago Daily Times
A Wanaka helicopter company will have to wait until at least October to defend charges over a crash which killed three people in 2018.
The charges were laid by the Civil Aviation Authority in the Queenstown District Court. In an audio visual appearance on Monday lawyers representing the authority and the company sought a date for a three-week judge-alone trial to take place.
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DOC staff member Paul Hondelink was also killed. Judge John Brandts-Giesen remanded the case until September 30 but said the trial would likely take place later in the year. He excused himself from the trial due to a family connection. The Alpine Group is majority owned by Nick Wallis’ father Tim Wallis and other family members are shareholders.
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Woman appears in court after violent incident in Mid Canterbury
2 May, 2021 09:42 PM
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A 24-year-old woman has appeared in court charged in relation to an incident that left a man with serious injuries yesterday.
Kiriana Toi Walker-Grace was arrested yesterday after the alleged violent attack in Methven, about an hour from Christchurch.
Walker-Grace was later taken into police custody in the Methven township.
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She appeared briefly before Judge John Brandts-Giesen in the Christchurch District Court this morning.
He remanded her in custody until her next court date on May 24.
Duty lawyer Andrew McKenzie said no application for bail would be made today.
Stephen Anthony Smith co-owned NZONE Skydive Queenstown, which sold in 2015 for $17m. (File photo)
A former co-owner of one of the country s leading skydiving companies, which sold for $17 million, is in hospital after he was allegedly attacked and had his $40,000 car taken. Stephen Anthony Smith was found with serious injuries at a property in Methven, Mid-Canterbury, about 1pm on Sunday. He was flown to Christchurch Hospital by rescue helicopter. Smith is the former co-owner of NZONE Skydive Queenstown, which sold in 2015 for $17m to an Australian firm. It was the leading skydiving company in New Zealand at the time, with a 33 per cent market share.
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