Match fixer in court

Former Black Cap Lou Vincent, 39, appeared in the Hamilton District Court on Wednesday, charged with intentionally damaging a car in Pukekohe on November 10. Further details were not available and Vincent was remanded to reappear on December 19. Vincent, who lives in Raglan, was banned for life by the England and Wales Cricket Board in 2014 after admitting 18 counts of match fixing. Vincent gave evidence against Chris Cairns in his fellow former Black Cap’s perjury trial, which centred on match-fixing allegations, in London in 2015. Cairns was found not guilty.

Boy on robbery charge

A 13-year-old boy has been charged over the robbery of a Hamilton dairy where the victim suffered a serious eye injury. Ajit Farrar faces life with a prosthetic eye following the assault at his Frankton store last week. The 58-year-old father also suffered serious hand injuries when one of four masked assailants attacked him with a knife.

Man shot at home

Police are seeking a person who shot a man through a window in his Christchurch home about 10.30pm on Monday. The bullet hit a 43-yearold man and caused minor injuries.

Rewa trial in 2019

Serial rapist Malcolm Rewa appeared in the High Court in Auckland yesterday following the Crown’s announcement last month he is again to be tried for the murder of Susan Burdett. A trial date was set for February 2019. Burdett was raped and killed in her Papatoetoe home in March 1992. Rewa was convicted of Burdett’s rape based on DNA, but there were two hung juries over the murder charge. Teina Pora – then aged 17 – falsely confessed to the murder. He served 22 years in prison before his conviction was quashed.