Rotorua Courthouse tagging: Offensive message left on wall
8 Apr, 2021 03:15 AM
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The front of the Rotorua courthouse was defaced on Thursday.
Commercial cleaners had to be quickly called in this morning after offensive tagging was spotted on the side of several courthouse buildings in the North Island, including in Rotorua.
In Rotorua, the tagging read little boy rapist and was spray-painted on the side of the building sometime during the morning.
Ministry of Justice Chief Operating Officer Carl Crafar said they were notified about graffiti at the Huntly District Court, Morrinsville District Court, Hamilton District Court and Rotorua District Court.
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Steven Eketone spent an hour at a boy racer hot spot. On his drive home, a bullet was fired at his vehicle.
A man who was shot at by an insomniac fed up with street racers says he understands his frustration but the man behind the gun should not have taken the law into his own hands. The incident happened about midnight in the area of Raynes Rd, a popular street racer hot spot in Rukuhia, near Hamilton’s airport. “[The bullet] came through the passenger door, in line with my leg, through the corner of my seat and bounced off a 3-millimetre piece of plastic. It somehow bounced over me and ended up beside my driver s door,” Eketone told
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Steven Eketone spent an hour at a boy racer hot spot, on his drive home a bullet was fired at his vehicle.
A man shot at by an insomniac fed-up with street racers says he understands his frustration but says the man behind the gun should not have taken the law into his own hands. The incident happened around midnight in the area of Raynes Rd, a popular street racer hotspot, in Rukuhia, near Hamilton’s airport. “[The bullet] came through the passenger door, in line with my leg, through the corner of my seat and bounced off a three-millimetre piece of plastic. It somehow bounced over me and ended up beside my driver s door,” Eketone told
Hamilton baby death: Dog owner hopeful police will drop prosecution
7 Apr, 2021 02:56 AM
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The man was back in the Hamilton District Court supported by family. Photo / Belinda Feek
The lawyer of a man charged after his dog allegedly caused the death of a newborn baby is hoping police will drop their prosecution.
The man, in his 20s, reappeared in the Hamilton District Court today on a charge of owning a dog which caused death or serious injury to a one-day-old baby in Hamilton on October 25 last year.
The man s lawyer, Charles Bean, entered a not guilty plea to the charge.
Man who fired shots at noisy boy racers gets home detention
7 Apr, 2021 02:55 AM
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Anthony Baker was sentenced to community detention after shooting at eight vehicles racing on the street outside his Waikato property last year. Photo / Christine Cornege
Anthony Baker was sentenced to community detention after shooting at eight vehicles racing on the street outside his Waikato property last year. Photo / Christine Cornege
Herald reporter based in HamiltonNikki.Preston@nzme.co.nz
A frustrated Waikato man who repeatedly fired shots at cars on his street after being pushed to his limits by boy racers relentlessly terrorising his neighbourhood has avoided jail.