Nelson Weekly Locally Owned and Operated
tuesday 19 April 2016
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The son of a Stoke woman found dead in her home earlier this year has told a court he believes she was murdered. Jade Harris, 20, cut off his home detention bracelet in February, blaming the trauma of his “murdered” Nelson mother two weeks earlier. He was sentenced in the Masterton District Court last week to seven months imprisonment after the judge cancelled his home detention sentence. Tracey-Anne Harris, 43, was found dead in her Marlowe St home by police in midFebruary. The body was removed from the house and a post mortem examination was completed, but police say they are still investigating the death. Jade Harris turned himself in to police last week having been on the run since February 29, when he cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet and left his assigned
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Son: My mum was murdered
address. Harris pleaded guilty to breaching the home detention sentence. His lawyer said Harris had been complying with his sentence until February, when he “became aware of problems with his accommodation and wanted to transfer to a new address in Nelson”. It was at that time, on February 12, that Harris’ mother died in “extremely tragic circumstances”, she said, adding that Harris believes she was murdered. After initially opposing home detention cancellation, Harris changed his mind after conferring with his lawyer. The judge cancelled the original home detention sentence and replaced it with seven months imprisonment. He also sentenced him to three months imprisonment for the breach involving removing the bracelet, to be served concurrently. - with New Zealand Herald.
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Luke King outside the Haven Rd home he has been dismantling bit-by-bit. Insert: The historic house on Haven Rd was deemed ‘uninhabitable’ by its owners. Photos: Brittany Spencer.
Historic Haven Rd home to be recycled Brittany Spencer A century-old home on Haven Rd is being pulled down bit-by-bit. Bernard Downey is a director of Saltwater Creek Investments Limited, which owns the house. He says the house is uninhabitable and has been unoccupied for quite some time. “The floor was rotten and rats have been living in the roof for 100 years.” The house is thought to have been built between 1904 and 1905 and is listed as a Historic Place Category 2
with Heritage New Zealand. While the house may have served its purpose, the building materials are getting a second chance at life. The plan is to “recycle” the historic house and local Luke King has been pulling it apart, piece by piece. “I’m just trying to preserve its values as much as possible, rather than seeing it demolished,” says Luke. “I don’t like seeing old stuff being destroyed and the demolition crew Bernard spoke to first were going to bring a big digger in and smash it all down.”
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Luke says he’s got big plans for all the rimu. “I’m going to build a 1930s heritage-style farmhouse out in The Glen where we sell the fresh milk from Ratabank Farms. It’s going to be a cafe, kitchen and art gallery with a big outdoor pizza oven, baby animals and lots of edible trees, just stuff kids can connect with and see where things come from.” Luke thinks the house used to belong to an old railway union boss. The site will be cleared for a future development but Bernard says he is yet to decide what that may be.
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