Source: Otago Daily Times

Crime

Man claimed Isis membership

June 21, 2024   

(Otago Daily Times) A man claiming to be an Isis member threatened government employees because he wanted to be deported, a court has heard. Mohammed Omar Mohammed Al-Attas, 33, appeared in the Dunedin District Court yesterday after he admitted two charges of […]

Children & Teens

Girl’s beatings livestreamed

April 3, 2021   

(Otago Daily Times) A teenage refugee was subjected to protracted, livestreamed beatings by her own family after supposedly bringing shame on them, a court has heard. “What’s just absolutely appalling is that she was hit so many times she couldn’t tell the […]