Fraud charges denied

Wellington: A former employee of a wellknown Wellington school has denied accusations of taking $331,000.

The 39yearold man appeared in the Wellington District Court yesterday morning where he pleaded not guilty to 35 charges, including using forged documents, accessing a computer system for dishonesty, and obtaining by deception.

The charges, which date back to 2019, include using a forged Southern Cross Healthcare invoice to defraud the school.

The man has interim name suppression until early December, when a full argument will be heard on whether he can be named.

He has elected for a judgealone trial on the charges. — The New Zealand Herald community work.

In August, Walid Eman Amer Soliman (46), of Auckland, was convicted for making an intimate visual recording at the St Lukes department store.

Yesterday, in the Auckland District Court, he was sentenced to 100 hours of community work.

Judge Brooke Gibson declined Soliman's application for a discharge without conviction, as he has expressed no remorse and continues to deny the offending took place. — RNZ charges of assault with intent to commit rape on a female over 16, five charges of burglary and one of impeding breathing or blood circulation. — RNZ