He was pulled over while driving on July 10. A police officer thought Locke showed signs of being impaired and asked him to do a breath test, but he refused. Locke was taken to the police station, but refused to provide a blood sample for his blood-alcohol level to be tested. When Locke appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Tuesday, he indicated he would be representing himself in defending the charge. He told Judge Michael Crosbie he originally wanted the charge to be heard alongside his murder charge, but this was refused.
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Preetam Maid in Dunedin District Court in November.
Photo: RNZ / Tim Brown
Preetam Prakash Maid was found guilty in November of taking an imitation explosive device into a security enhanced area of Dunedin Airport on 17 March 2019.
The bomb hoax came at a time of heightened public fear and anxiety only two days after the Christchurch terror attack.
The discovery of a suspicious package on the airfield prompted the airport to close for hours on Sunday 17 March and caused significant disruption as domestic and international flights were turned back and sections of highway closed.
The Defence Force explosive ordinance team dealt with the imitation explosive device.
Sex abuse accuser says she s not making it up after defence grilling
19 Jan, 2021 06:33 PM
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The accuser defended herself in court. Photo / File
Otago Daily Times
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The counsel for a Clinton man accused of sexually abusing three young girls has suggested to one that it was all in her head.
The complainant told the jury at the Dunedin District Court trial yesterday that she was not lying. Why do I wake up having nightmares and body pains as if it s happening all over again? I ve got PTSD . that s not me making it up, she said.