Tue, 27 Jul 2021, 10:07AM
A Dunedin 21-year-old allegedly raped two women at the same Orientation Week party, a court has heard.
Samuel Leigh Ebdell is on trial before the High Court at Dunedin after pleading not guilty to three counts of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection and two of rape.
His defence, counsel Sarah Saunderson-Warner said, was simple: he did not commit the offences with which he had been charged.
The first complainant told the court she was drinking with friends at a Castle St party, in the city s student sector, on February 17 last year.
In a video interview with police she gave a couple of weeks later, the woman said she bumped into Ebdell, whom she knew through friends, after using the toilet.
Otago man who gagged, sexually assaulted woman jailed for 3.5 yrs Sat, 24 Jul 2021, 1:51PM
Pierre Coster was convicted in the Timaru District Court on June 2 on charges of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection, assault on a female and breach of a protection order. (Photo / Nick Reed)
Otago man who gagged, sexually assaulted woman jailed for 3.5 yrs Sat, 24 Jul 2021, 1:51PM
A 52-year-old North Otago man who gagged a woman with his underwear before sexually assaulting her was jailed for three and a half years when he appeared in the Oamaru District Court on Wednesday.
Pierre Coster, of Totara, had been convicted in the Timaru District Court on June 2 on charges of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection, assault on a female and breach of a protection order.
He said he spoke on the phone to the seller, who identified himself as John, and agreed to pay $2650 for the bike and delivery. The buyer was later emailed bank account details from someone called Susan, who said they were John’s partner. He said he spoke to Susan by phone, and she told him they planned to use the money for specialist cancer treatment for their son. The motorcycle never arrived and “John and Susan” could not be reached again. Wright said she never spoke to anyone on the phone regarding the motorcycle sale. She claimed it must have been Bennett pretending to be a woman.
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Scarfies 2.0: Addict property manager happy flat full of weed uncovered
22 Jan, 2021 01:27 AM
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There were 353 plants seized from the flat made up of 13 different strains. Photo / Getty Images
There were 353 plants seized from the flat made up of 13 different strains. Photo / Getty Images
Otago Daily Times
By: Rob Kidd
A property manager who leased a student flat to a cannabis syndicate for a half-million-dollar drug operation says he is happy he was caught.
Michael John Kinraid, 33, appeared in the Dunedin District Court this afternoon after pleading guilty to cultivating the class-C drug.
Judge Peter Rollo sentenced him to 10 months home detention and 300 hours community work.