The Star: December 20, 2018

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Thursday December 20 2018 9
Canterbury in 2018
September
•Shiu Prasad used a kitchen
knife to brutally stab his ex-wife
Keshni Naicker and her new boyfriend
on Ilam Rd, before turning
the knife on himself.
On September 15, Mr Prasad,
52, had stalked Ms Naicker,
28, and her boyfriend, Asveen
Sharan, 31, after she finished her
shift at Ilam Lifecare.
He approached Ms Naicker
near Hanrahan St and stabbed
her in the back with the knife,
then inflicted several more stab
wounds to kill her.
He then stabbed and critically
injured himself and Mr Sharan.
Witnesses reported hearing “a
massive scream” which sounded
like it came from a woman.
Mr Prasad said he planned to
commit suicide in front the wife
who had left him, but the situation
had escalated when he saw
her with her new boyfriend.
He was allegedly heard saying
he would “die with her.”
Earlier this month he was
sentenced to a jail term of life,
with a non-parole term of 13
years.
October
•Screams could be heard in
Darfield when King
Cobras gang member
Luke Riddell was shot
dead in front of his
fiancée.
The 28-year-old
was found on Grange
Rd, Charing Cross
on October 13,
following an altercation
with a 24-year-old
Christchurch man, who has been
charged with his murder. The
man handed himself in following
a four-day manhunt by police.
Daniel French, 35, was also
charged and pleaded guilty to
more than one charge for unlawful
possession of a shotgun in
relation to the killing.
Marcus Moagutuuli, also
a King Cobras member, was
charged with assaulting French
Luke Riddell
and resisting police, following an
incident during French’s court
appearance, where three men
lunged at him.
However, they were held back
by police. Moagutuuli
was sentenced to three
months in jail for
contempt of court.
French has been remanded
for sentencing
until January 30.
The man charged
with Mr Riddell’s
murder will appear in
the High Court on February
5 and has currently entered
no pleas.
November
•Four men arrested following
complaints of drugging and
sexual assault at a central city bar
pleaded not guilty.
Police have received more than
25 complaints from woman alleging
their drinks were spiked at
Mama Hooch on Colombo St.
Some women alleged they were
taken to another location and
sexually assaulted.
On November 15 and 19, police
arrested the four men
age 25, 33, 34 and 36.
All four pleaded not
guilty, elected trial by
jury and were released
on bail until a Crown
case review hearing on
March 13.
The charges include
sexual violation,
stupefying, supplying
MDMA, making an
intimate visual recording and
possession of an objectionable
publication.
•An 18-year-old was killed
when the car she was in that was
fleeing police, crashed.
Darrin Stewart, 19, then fled
the scene of the crash, which
killed Alexia Noble-Hazelwood
on November 16.
Stewart, who handed himself
into police, has now been charged
with manslaughter, driving
Alexia Noble-
Hazelwood
MURDER:
Police
examined
a property
on Stanbury
Ave,
Somerfield,
prior to
arresting
two men for
the murder
of 25-yearold
Shayne
Heappey.
recklessly and injuring three
passengers and failing to stop for
police and to check if anyone was
injured.
Stewart wrote an
emotional Facebook
post prior to handing
himself into police,
saying he was drunk
at the time and didn’t
want to drive in the
first place.
A highly emotional
court appearance
revealed Stewart had
been assaulted following the
crash, by someone in the street
and an order was put in place to
suppress any publication of photos
of him. The vehicle had been
involved in a police pursuit minutes
before crashing into a fence
and building at Christchurch
East School on Gloucester St.
He will next appear in February
and has strict bail conditions.
•Donald Ineson was shot by
police on November 25 after
he ran over a police officer and
threatened his family with a
firearm.
Armed police rushed to a home
in Bangor Rd, Darfield, following
reports of a domestic incident
where a man had threatened
a family member with a gun,
which he had fired several times
at a door. Police attempted to stop
the man, who had driven away
from his home, by laying road
spikes, when he drove into a police
officer, causing a serious leg
injury. He then turned around
and drove back towards police,
prior to being shot by them.
December
•Pregnant mother Renee Percy,
35, and Dennis Tunnicliffe, 25,
were killed when Tunnicliffe
crashed after failing to stop for
police. In the early hours of
December 5, the car, which was
going more than twice the speed
limit, crashed into a power pole
on Breezes Rd, Aranui.
Police had abandoned the
pursuit minutes before he
crashed.
• Shayne Heappey died after
being dropped at Christchurch
Hospital with stab wounds on
December 8.
Two men, a 29-year-old and a
31-year-old, were charged with
the murder of the 25-year-old
father this week. The 31-year-old
man appeared in the Dunedin
District Court on Tuesday.
He was granted interim name
suppression and was remanded
in custody until his next
appearance in the Christchurch
High Court on February 5.
The 29-year-old man was also
remanded in custody and will
appear in the district court
tomorrow. A 50-year-old man
was also charged with wounding
with intent to cause grievous
bodily harm. He was remanded
in custody until January 11.
Police set up examinations at
properties last week, in Oakhurst
Pl, Russley, and in Stanbury Ave,
Somerfield.
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