South Otago man faces 38 charges relating to abuse of girls
18 Jan, 2021 05:49 PM
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A South Otago man is accused of sexually abusing three girls over a 12-year period, allegedly constructing a range of games to hide his intentions.
The defendant, aged in his 60s, is on trial before the Dunedin District Court facing 38 charges from the 1980s and 1990s, including five of rape and one of attempted rape.
The majority of the charges allege numerous indecencies committed by the defendant against the girls, one of whom was at kindergarten at the time.
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The defendant, having got her alone, allegedly asked if she wanted to play mummies and daddies .
A man who threatened to burn his partner s house down with her in it has been given a second chance by the victim
13 Jan, 2021 10:10 PM
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Shane Andrews sent the victim a barrage of text messages which became progressively more threatening. Photo / File
Shane Andrews sent the victim a barrage of text messages which became progressively more threatening. Photo / File
Otago Daily Times
A man who threatened to burn his partner s house down with her in it has been given a second chance by the victim. There was no such reprieve from the court, however.
Shane Andrew John Reeve (32) was jailed for a year his first prison sentence and Judge Michael Crosbie told the Dunedin District Court this week it was the latest in a string of offences against domestic partners.
The court heard Pattison became a “tenant” at the property from mid-March last year. A month later police began investigating the flat, where Pattison was involved in looking after the plants, including harvesting. The flat’s four bedrooms were each set up as a grow room, with drying areas, fans and ducting throughout the property. On July 11 a front window was broken in an unrelated incident, and plants were moved into the roof space. Later that month a search warrant was executed. Police found 353 cannabis plants, along with equipment worth $14,835. The plants had a potential yield of $476,000, an amount which was not in dispute by either Pattison or the Crown.