Auckland actor Rob Mokaraka was shot by police when allegedly approaching them with a meat cleaver and knives.
The alleged possession of an offensive weapon and assault with a weapon charges were laid during an Auckland District Court bedside hearing at the Auckland Hospital on 29 July. The alleged offender has been remanded on bail to appear in court on August 19.
Being in hospital under police guard, he was unable to attend the district court on August 19 for the hearing, and a medical certificate was presented.
Charges for possession of firearms and resisting arrest have been added.
Stuff article
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Positive consent in sexual assault cases
"The Justice Minister’s comments on the idea of ‘positive consent’ in sexual assault cases has rightly raised eyebrows (and some heckles) on all sides in the criminal justice debate."
More on 15 Labton Quay weblog.
More on 15 Labton Quay weblog.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Provocative Defense
REVIEW
TV One
The Killing of Sophie Elliot
August 5th 2009
Clayton Weatherston murdered Sophie Elliot brutally by stabbing her 216 times. He used Provocation as his defense claiming it was manslaughter. Throughout his defense he manifested narcissistic personality disorder, an inflated idea of his own self worth and in so doing said all sorts of nasty stuff about his victim. There is now grounds to remove provocation as a legal defense due to public disgust with his blatantly narcissistic performance.
The programme explored the more provocative side of this real life drama. That of his narcissistic personality disorder. Interviews with psychiatrists support what seems evident in this case, the man was guilty and sealed her fate from the very start of their imbalanced and violent relationship.
Was the magnitude of his crime great enough to forgo this parade of the ego of a sick mind? Is the exposure and amplification of raw detail good for justice?
The programme use narrated reenactments effectively. The murder scene from the point of view of the mother of the murdered girl was narrated by the mother, while a scene in which an actor portrayed her played out the evil scenario. This was a brutal cross-over between intimacy and violence. Very effective television.
TV One
The Killing of Sophie Elliot
August 5th 2009
Clayton Weatherston murdered Sophie Elliot brutally by stabbing her 216 times. He used Provocation as his defense claiming it was manslaughter. Throughout his defense he manifested narcissistic personality disorder, an inflated idea of his own self worth and in so doing said all sorts of nasty stuff about his victim. There is now grounds to remove provocation as a legal defense due to public disgust with his blatantly narcissistic performance.
The programme explored the more provocative side of this real life drama. That of his narcissistic personality disorder. Interviews with psychiatrists support what seems evident in this case, the man was guilty and sealed her fate from the very start of their imbalanced and violent relationship.
Was the magnitude of his crime great enough to forgo this parade of the ego of a sick mind? Is the exposure and amplification of raw detail good for justice?
The programme use narrated reenactments effectively. The murder scene from the point of view of the mother of the murdered girl was narrated by the mother, while a scene in which an actor portrayed her played out the evil scenario. This was a brutal cross-over between intimacy and violence. Very effective television.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
5 times elected but once convicted
Disgraced ex-MP Taito Phillip Field would have to give up on his benefits accrued after 5 terms as an MP after being found guilty on 26 counts involving bribery, immigration and personal gain, if The Prime Minister John Key gets his way - he wants Field to lose his employment benefits due to the conviction.
Radio Rape
Radio Rape victim calls off police investigation of her on air lie detector session with her mother that revealed she had been raped at the age of 12.
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