Historical Events - Crime
| 13 Apr 1886 | Amy Bock (confidence trickster) is convicted of obtaining goods by false pretences Info |
| 6 Apr 1895 | Oscar Wilde is arrested Info Alt Info |
| 26 May 1895 | Oscar Wilde is convicted of gross indecency and sentenced to two years hard labour Info Alt Info |
| 22 Apr 1907 | Bertha Victor appears in an court in Auckland charged with drunkenness, vagrancy, and usine obscene language Info |
| 27 May 1909 | Amy Bock is convicted on two counts of false pretences and one of forgery Info Alt Info Bock, posing as Percival Redwood, married Agnes Ottaway |
| 15 May 1920 | Charles Mackay shoots and wounds D'Arcy Cresswell Info Alt Info Mackay was the mayor of Wanganui at the time |
| 27 May 1920 | Charles Mackay pleads guilt to the attempted murder of D'Arcy Cresswell Info Alt Info Mackay is sentenced to 15 years imprisonment |
| 5 Jul 1920 | Eugenia Falleni (a.k.a Harry Crawford) appears in court over the death of 'his' wife Annie Birkett Info Alt Info |
| 6 Oct 1920 | Eugenia Falleni (a.k.a Harry Crawford) is found guilty of murdering Annie Birkett Info Alt Info Falleni was convicted and condemned to death, but her sentence was commuted to detainment at the Governor's Pleasure |
| 1927 | Henry Feild, with an interest in the psychopathology of criminal behaviour, conducts an investigation into homosexuality Info Field interviews 40 inmates of New Plymouth prison (date unknown, ca 1926-1929) |
| 1 Oct 1929 | Leonard Hollobon is arrested and charged with indecently assaulting a male (Norris Davey) Info Davey is also charged. He later testifies against Hollobon |
| 29 Oct 1929 | Norris Davey is convicted of indecent assault on a male Info Soon after Davey changes his name to Frank Sargeson |
| 30 Oct 1929 | Leonard Hollobon is sentenced to five years reformative detention Info Hollobon pleaded guilty to three charges of indecent assault on males |
| 15 Apr 1935 | Eric Mareo murders his wife Themla Mareo Info Alt Info Themla was also in a relationship with dancer Freda Stark |
| 26 Feb 1936 | Eric Mareo is found guilty of murdering his wife Themla Mareo Info Alt Info Sentenced to death (on two occasions), his sentence was commuted to imprisonment for life on 4 August 1936 |
| 24 Sep 1945 | Police interview two women about their recent marriage to each other Info Evening Post headline: Strange Masquerade, Woman as Man |
| 22 Dec 1945 | Two women appear in court after being found to be married and living as husband and wife Info The court orders both women to submit themselves to psychiatric treatment |
| 1952 | Paul De Rungs is court martialed after being charged with buggery Info De Rungs, an army cadet, had made a formal complaint about being raped |
| 22 Jun 1954 | Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme kill Pauline's mother in Christchurch Info Alt Info |
| 30 Aug 1954 | Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme are convicted of murdering Pauline's mother Info Parker and Hulme were given indeterminate sentences in different prisons and released after five years |
| 1961 | A Way of Love (1959) by James Courage is banned Info Alt Info It was censored on 'grounds of indecency, and because it lacked redeeming literary merit' |
| 1962 | Two men are discharged without conviction for indecent acts, with the Magistrate commenting that the law 'is soon to change' Info Police prosecutors appeal, and the decision is overturned |
| 23 Jan 1964 | Charles Aberhart is beaten to death in Hagley Park, Christchurch Info Alt Info |
| 11 May 1964 | Six teenagers are acquitted of the manslaughter of Charles Aberhart Info Alt Info |
| Nov 1966 | Raewyn Petley is found dead in her bed with a deep wound in her neck Info Doreen Ellen Davis is charged with her murder |
| Mar 1967 | Doreen Ellen Davis is found not guilty of murdering Raewyn Petley Info Davis' defence argued that she had been befriended by a woman outwardly kind and sympathetic but inwardly a hunting lesbian |
| 1976 | Labour MP Gerald O'Brien is charged with molesting two boys Info Alt Info The charges were thrown out at a depositions hearing. Later O'Brien commented it was an 'attempt by my political enemies to get rid of me' |
| 27 Nov 1978 | Harvey Milk is shot in San Francisco, United States |
| 1 Feb 1980 | Police raid Westside sauna in Auckland Eight men were arrested and charged |
| 24 Apr 1980 | Arthur Ball stabs Miles MacFarlane - a total stranger - to death in Wellington He is later found not guilty on the grounds of insanity |
| 16 Sep 1980 | Arthur Ball is found not guilty of murdering Miles MacFarlane (on the grounds of insanity) |
| 10 Apr 1984 | Customs officials raid Gay's the Word bookstore (Operation Tiger), London Info The bookstore was charged with conspiring to import indecent literature |
| 11 Sep 1986 | Lesbian and Gay Rights Resource Centre is damaged by arson in Wellington Info |
| 12 Oct 1988 | Matthew Shepard is killed in Wyoming, United States |
| 24 Jan 1990 | Expatriate New Zealander Richard Johnson is murdered in Sydney by a gang of youths |
| 15 Apr 1991 | Alex Mihailovic and Dean Howard are convicted of the murder of New Zealander Richard Johnson in Australia Mihailovic and Howard were part of a gang of youths convicted of the murder |
| 2 Aug 1994 | Richard Leonard kills Stephen Dempsey with a crossbow in Australia |
| 24 Apr 1995 | Tai Tahi Marsters attacks Jim Curtis causing brain injuries Marsters claimed Curtis made a sexual advance. A jury later found Marsters not guilty |
| Mar 1996 | Tai Tahi Marsters is acquitted of attempted murder and causing Jim Curtis grievous bodily harm |
| 4 Nov 1996 | Bryan James Gardner kills David Shore in a hotel room in Christchurch Convicted of murder, Gardener is sentenced to life imprisonment in May 1997 |
| 26 Mar 1997 | Awhina Centre is badly damaged by fire (suspected arson), Wellington |
| May 1997 | Patrick Clotworthy stabbs Wayne Cowan multiple times in a side street off Karangahape Road, Auckland He was sentenced to a 2 year suspended sentence, which was later increased to 3 years imprisonment |
| 26 May 1997 | Bryan James Gardner is sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering David Shore |
| 28 Oct 1997 | Richard Leonard is convicted of killing Stephen Dempsey with a crossbow in 1994 |
| 3 Dec 1999 | Jason Meads and Stephen Smith are found guilty of murdering teenager Jeff Whittington Info |
| 19 Apr 2001 | Dallas Peneha, Daniel Beams and Jack Blance attack Jeff Pinfold and Peter Kitchen in Napier Kitchen died in hospital a number of days later |
| 2003 | David McNee, an interior designer and former television host is killed Info The provocation defence is successfully used by Phillip Layton Edwards who is found guilty of manslaughter. Edwards was sentenced to nine years imprisonment. He is due for release in April 2012 |
| 29 Apr 2009 | Diksy Jones is killed by two men in Disky's home in Upper Hutt Info Phillip Sanders and David Galloway were later found guilty of manslaughter |
| Jul 2009 | Ferdinand Ambach is convicted of the manslaughter of Ronald Brown Ambach was initially charged with murder, but the charge was downgraded after Ambach's lawyer successfully argued the provocation defence (gay panic) |
| 30 Nov 2009 | Glenn Mills is found dead in a remand cell in Auckland Mills was accused of purposely infecting a number of sex partners with HIV. He was awaiting trial at the time of his death |
| 5 Nov 2010 | Phillip Sanders and David Galloway are found guilty of the manslaughter of Diksy Jones Info Galloway was [finally] sentenced to nine years imprisonment, and Sanders nine years and six months |
| 16 Jan 2011 | A lesbian couple's business is burnt down in a continued serious of hate crimes at Mangawhai Heads Info |
| 7 Mar 2011 | Jason Meads is released from prison after serving a sentence for murdering Jeff Whittington in 1999 |
| 25 Jun 2011 | Sitaleki Koloamatangi attacks Trevor Kaukau leaving him severely brain damaged Info Koloamatangi is later sentenced to 12 months imprisonment |
| 3 Oct 2011 | A couple's car is targetted in an ongoing series of hate crimes at Mangawhai Heads Info |
| 19 Oct 2011 | Willie Ahsee is found guilty of the manslaughter of Denis Phillips Info Alt Info |
| 10 Dec 2011 | Phillip Cottrell is assaulted while working home and subsequently dies, Wellington Info |
| 15 Dec 2011 | Willie Ahsee is sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for the manslaughter of Denis Phillips Info |
| 23 Jan 2012 | Roman Skorek is stabbed to death in Kuirau Park, Rotorua Info Four young men were charged with his murder |
| 28 Feb 2012 | Nicholas Nitro is convicted on a charge of receiving commercial sexual services from a person aged sixteen Nitro is the co-owner of the Closet cruise club in Christchurch |
| 28 Feb 2012 | Sitaleki Koloamatangi is sentenced to 12 months in jail for attacking Trevor Kaukau Info Koloamatangi was charging with injuring that, had death been caused, he would have been guilty of manslaughter. Kaukau was left severely brain damaged |
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