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‘I can’t recall’: Ex-Cycling NZ CEO blanks on meetings, chats about Podmore’s wellbeing

NewstalkZB 20 Nov 2024
A coronial inquest has begun at the Hamilton District Court into the death of Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore in a suspected suicide on August 9, 2021, one day after the Tokyo Olympics ended.
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Olivia Podmore bullying claims: Cycling boss saw 'no tangible value' in taking action

RNZ 20 Nov 2024
The 24-year-old died in a suspected suicide in August 2021 - the day after the conclusion of the Tokyo Olympics ... Former Cycling NZ campaign manager Jess Massey told the court on Monday that Podmore was "furious" with the response.
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An Australian on trial for drugs in Japan says she's the victim of a romance scam

Asahi News 19 Nov 2024
Nelson, in a brief statement at the Chiba District Court near Tokyo, said she did not know the drugs were hidden in the suitcase and that she was carrying them for a man she thought she loved.
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Kiwi Olympic legend Eric Murray reveals Podmore’s ‘tipping point’ during Tokyo Games

NewstalkZB 19 Nov 2024
A coronial inquest has begun at the Hamilton District Court into the death of Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore in a suspected suicide on August 9, 2021, one day after the Tokyo Olympics ended.
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Disgraced coach ‘berated’ Podmore on sex life, whispered ‘don’t f***ing crash’ at races

NewstalkZB 19 Nov 2024
A coronial inquest has begun at the Hamilton District Court into the death of Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore in a suspected suicide on August 9, 2021, one day after the Tokyo Olympics ended.
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'Don't crash': Olympian cyclist Olivia Podmore was victim of serious bullying, inquest hears

RNZ 19 Nov 2024
On Tuesday, Bailey told the court she did not become aware of the "Bordeaux incident" until nearly two years later ... Murray told the court that he believed the "tipping point" for Podmore was during the Tokyo Olympics, having missed out on selection.
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Australian on trial for drugs in Japan says she’s victim of romance scam

Canoe 18 Nov 2024
Nelson, in a brief statement at the Chiba District Court near Tokyo, said she did not know the drugs were hidden in the suitcase and that she was carrying them for a man she thought she loved.
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Australian accused of smuggling drugs in suitcase to Tokyo says she is victim of romance scam

The Observer 18 Nov 2024
Nelson, in a brief statement at the Chiba district court near Tokyo, said she did not know the drugs were hidden in the suitcase and she was carrying them for a man she thought she loved.
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Out in the World: LGBTQ news from Europe, Asia, and Oceania

Washington Blade 18 Nov 2024
He’s now joined two other individuals who were ordered to change or hide clothing with various expressions before attending other unrelated cases in a case before the Tokyo District Court seeking 3.3 million yen (approximately $21,000) in damages.
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Olivia Podmore's death 'grievous, senseless and entirely preventable tragedy' inquest hears

RNZ 18 Nov 2024
On Monday, coroner Luella Dunn opened an inquest for Podmore, who died in a suspected suicide in August 2021 - less than 24 hours after the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics ... Can you believe this, for f***'s sake'," Massey told the court.
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Perth grandmother tells trial she was deceived into carrying illegal drugs into Japan

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 18 Nov 2024
A Perth grandmother and Indigenous community leader tells a Japanese court she was "deceived" after she was found with almost 2 kilograms of methamphetamine in her luggage at Narita airport, near Tokyo ... .
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A Boxer on Death Row

The Atlantic 18 Nov 2024
As she told the court later the same morning, she had come to right a wrong that had been done in that very building 55 years earlier ... Finally, in 2023, the Tokyo High Court affirmed his right to a retrial .
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Aussie woman to face trial in Japan after falling for

The Daily Mail 17 Nov 2024
Her five daughters will attend the trial which is scheduled to start on Monday at a court in Chiba, east of Tokyo ... Ms Nelson is set to face court on Monday, with a verdict in her case due on December 4.
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Former nursery school teacher gets 14 years for child sex abuse

Asahi News 15 Nov 2024
The Tokyo District Court convicted Nagumi Osada, 27, of committing indecent acts against seven children aged 3 to 6 inside closets and other secluded spaces between September 2021 and December 2023 at two certified nursery schools where he worked.
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Man details emotional trauma after losing wife, child

Asahi News 15 Nov 2024
The dialogue was held in June in Tokyo ... Iizuka blamed a mechanical failure for the crash, which injured nine others, but the Tokyo District Court concluded that he kept mistakenly pressing the gas pedal instead of the brake.

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