Alan Duff has angrily rejected police evidence that he swung a policewoman into the road by her handcuffs during a roadside incident, citing one of his best-known characters - Beth Heke from Once Were Warriors - in his defence.
The author has admitted “ranting” at police officers, but took the witness stand yesterday to tell a [...]
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May
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Feb
Betty Perry, left, and her attorney Gloria Allred walk into Utah’s Fourth District Court to appear before a judge Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, in Orem, Utah. Perry, 70, was arrested and booked into jail on July 6, for refusing to maintain her lawn and resisting arrest. Perry agreed on Friday Feb. 8, 2008 to [...]
30
Jan
A man who called police rapists;; when they closed a Queenstown bar early has lost his appeal against his conviction.
Simon Paul Aurelia Evans was in the bar after attending a winery concert in June last year.
He was originally charged with using insulting language and resisting arrest and fined $500, with $260 court costs.
When two officers [...]
12
Dec
REALITY STRIKES: With the writers’ strike in full bloom, networks are scraping the bottom of the barrel. ABC has just greenlit a new %26quot;reality%26quot; game show that promises %26quot;all the fun of Fear Factor, with none of the gross.%26quot; Wipeout, as it [...]
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