The victim was terrified : Woman made armed attacker a cup of tea Tue, 20 Jul 2021, 11:41AM
A woman made her attacker a cup of tea in an attempt to calm him down after she woke to the former army major pointing a military-style rifle at her. (Photo / Ross Setford) The victim was terrified : Woman made armed attacker a cup of tea Tue, 20 Jul 2021, 11:41AM
A woman made her attacker a cup of tea in an attempt to calm him down after she woke to the former army major pointing a military-style rifle at her.
Former New Zealand Army major George Robert Tweedy, 60, yesterday received his first-strike warning under the three strikes legislation when he appeared by audiovisual link from Invercargill Prison before Judge Russell Walker in the Queenstown District Court.
The mother of a helicopter crash victim has described her son as the light of her life at a coronial inquest while asking for recommendations to stop unnecessary deaths.
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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