BINGE drinking” is a useful term that indicates an excessive, unhealthy and dangerous level of drinking. “Binge” drinkers aim to get drunk, often as quickly as possible. It is disappointing to see the term misused in the current debate over the new National Health and Medical Research Council Guidelines (Sunday Age, 15/6).
These guidelines are not [...]
District Attorney Mitch Morrissey has charged a man with murder in the 2005 death of a disabled woman who was fatally stabbed and beaten.
Gerald Cooper, 47, has been charged with first-degree murder, two counts of felony murder, first-degree burglary and sexual contact with force.
Authorities did not release the name of the murder victim, according to [...]
District Attorney Mitch Morrissey has charged a man with murder in the 2005 death of a disabled woman who was fatally stabbed and beaten.
Gerald Cooper, 47, has been charged with first-degree murder, two counts of felony murder, first-degree burglary and sexual contact with force.
Authorities did not release the name of the murder victim, according to [...]
An elderly man%26#39;s name was suppressed when he faced 25 sex charges in Wanganui District Court today.
The offences, relating to two boys aged between nine and 15, allegedly happened when the man was coaching junior rugby league and softball in Auckland in the 1970s and 1980s.
Auckland City adult sexual assault team arrested the 75-year-old man [...]
Only 35 per cent of recorded sexual crimes in New Zealand result in the attacker being identified, according to government statistics.
The figures for rape may be even lower, with only 9 per cent of rapes being reported and only 15 per cent of these resulting in a court case.
Statistics New Zealand figures for the 12 [...]
A 58-year-old doctor was today arrested by Auckland police%26#39;s adult sexual assault team and will appear in Auckland District Court tomorrow on sex charges.
He will face one charge of rape, one of attempted rape and three of indecent assault on a girl under 12.
The charges relate to historical events in the late 1970s and early [...]
A former basketball coach at Piute High School has been charged with rape, accused of sexually assaulting a then-16-year-old student.
Lawson Rashad Sweat is scheduled to appear in Junction’s 6th District Court on Feb. 25 to face two charges of rape, a first-degree felony. According to [...]
PROVO Never before have visitors to 4th District Court begged to be handcuffed.
But the 120 fifth-grade students from Legacy Elementary were clamoring for the chance to be shackled, hands and feet, and stand in front of Judge Lynn Davis as he explained the judicial [...]
PROVO More than 90 percent of rapes in the city go unreported, according to the lead rape investigator for the BYU Police Department.
BYU officer Arnie Lemmon said only 43 rapes were reported last year in Provo, leaving the actual number of rapes estimated at [...]
BOULDER %26mdash; A DNA match has led to an arrest 10 years after the brutal sexual assault and murder of a University of Colorado student that frightened Boulder residents and stumped police.
Diego Olmos Alcalde, 38, was arrested after Wyoming authorities submitted his DNA to a national database.
Alcalde, from Chile, is accused of bludgeoning Susannah Chase, [...]
