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Zahn Reidy’s meth-fuelled crime spree culminates in theft of car with kids inside

Zahn Reidy's near 12-hour spree cost his victims more than $30,000.

Zahn Reidy car-jacked a woman and two children during his lengthy crime spree. Photo / 123rf

Zahn Reidy car-jacked a woman and two children during his lengthy crime spree. Photo / 123rf

Zahn Reidy car-jacked a woman and two children during his lengthy crime spree. Photo / 123rf

Zahn Reidy car-jacked a woman and two children during his lengthy crime spree. Photo / 123rf
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Amal Salad sentenced for causing fatal crash that killed promising young jockey, Ngakau Hailey

Ngakau Hailey was doing a wheelie on his dirt bike when Amal Salad failed to give way.

Promising jockey Ngakau Hailey, inset, was killed while doing a wheelstand through a Hamilton intersection after Amal Salad failed to give way. Photos / NZME / Belinda Feek

Promising jockey Ngakau Hailey, inset, was killed while doing a wheelstand through a Hamilton intersection after Amal Salad failed to give way. Photos / NZME / Belinda Feek

Promising jockey Ngakau Hailey, inset, was killed while doing a wheelstand through a Hamilton intersection after Amal Salad failed to give way. Photos / NZME / Belinda Feek

Promising jockey Ngakau Hailey, inset, was killed while doing a wheelstand through a Hamilton intersection after Amal Salad failed to give way. Photos / NZME / Belinda Feek
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Ex-Pak’nSave store boss Pamela Cossill and her $203k theft, fake $1.3m mortgage application

Pamela Cossill, 38, spent the money on gambling and maintaining her household.

Hamilton mother-of-five Pamela Cossill, 38, outside the Hamilton District Court today, where she was sentenced on fraud and theft charges totalling $203,394. Photo / Belinda Feek

Hamilton mother-of-five Pamela Cossill, 38, outside the Hamilton District Court today, where she was sentenced on fraud and theft charges totalling $203,394. Photo / Belinda Feek

Hamilton mother-of-five Pamela Cossill, 38, outside the Hamilton District Court today, where she was sentenced on fraud and theft charges totalling $203,394. Photo / Belinda Feek

Hamilton mother-of-five Pamela Cossill, 38, outside the Hamilton District Court today, where she was sentenced on fraud and theft charges totalling $203,394. Photo / Belinda Feek
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Recidivist ‘high-risk’ shoplifting mum Alicia Te Papa claims she’s an undiagnosed kleptomaniac

Alicia Te Papa put items in a trolley then walked out of the store without paying.

Alicia Te Papa was sentenced to 10 and a half months' jail on 12 charges of shoplifting when she appeared in the Hamilton District Court last Monday. Photo / Paul Estcourt

Alicia Te Papa was sentenced to 10 and a half months' jail on 12 charges of shoplifting when she appeared in the Hamilton District Court last Monday. Photo / Paul Estcourt

Alicia Te Papa was sentenced to 10 and a half months' jail on 12 charges of shoplifting when she appeared in the Hamilton District Court last Monday. Photo / Paul Estcourt

Alicia Te Papa was sentenced to 10 and a half months' jail on 12 charges of shoplifting when she appeared in the Hamilton District Court last Monday. Photo / Paul Estcourt
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