Meth cook-up deal behind uncle-nephew murders, court hears
A methamphetamine cook-up deal that soured was the catalyst for the brutal murders of uncle and nephew Raymond and James Fleet, a jury in the High Court at Rotorua has heard. This was the assertion of...
View ArticleMan stabbed to death at Northland motor camp
Police have lanuched a homicide investigation after a man died at a Whangarei motor camp. Detective Inspector Dene Begbie said about 12:30am a man, who had sustained critical chest injuries as a result...
View ArticleJudge quashes cocaine conviction for son for Rich List family
The son of a rich list wine family has been discharged without conviction after being snared importing cocaine and other drugs on the Dark Web. Joseph Peter Babich, 51, from the well-known Babich wine...
View Article'Beast of Blenheim' victim reveals police joked, refused to believe her
A woman says detectives joked and treated her "like a piece of scum" just hours after the Beast of Blenheim tried to rape her in the 1970s. Twenty years later, in 1996, as Stewart Murray Wilson went to...
View ArticleThree police cars rammed during Napier pursuit
Police have arrested a male after a dramatic car chase that saw three police cars rammed this morning. It's understood the patrol cars were damaged after the motorist fled officers in a pursuit that...
View ArticleSentence appealed for mum who sold daughter as sex slave
The Solicitor-General has today appealed for a harsher prison term for an Auckland mum who forced her teen daughter to work as a sex slave, selling her at least 1000 times to men around the city. In...
View ArticleChristchurch police to reopen investigation into death of Libby McKay
Police are reviewing an investigation into the death a young Christchurch mum for the second time after doubts were raised over her partner's version of how she died. Libby Francis McKay, 27, died in...
View ArticleCouple who stole tax payer money saved from jail
A Christchurch couple who stole tax-payer funds for a lavish live-style, won’t be going to jail. 61-year-old Cecilia Ellenbroek and 64-year-old Alfonsus Ellenbroek defrauded the Alpha Support Centre...
View ArticleInquiry: Police failed during investigation into relationship between teacher...
A former senior detective has come in for criticism over the handling of a police investigation into a teacher's relationship with a 13-year-old who later took her life. An Independent Police Conduct...
View ArticleMan charged with murder over Flat Bush death
A man has been charged with murder after a woman was found unconscious with serious wounds in Flat Bush last night. Detective Inspector Tofilau Faa Va'aelua of Counties Manukau CIB said police had...
View ArticlePolice looking for shovel in Grace Millane case
Police investigating the murder of Grace Millane are now looking for a shovel believed to be related to the inquiry. A photograph of a similar "Atlas Trade" hardwood long handle, round mouth shovel has...
View ArticleMan arrested over death of Christchurch man
Police have arrested a man in relation to the death of a Christchurch man at the weekend. 25-year-old Shayne George Heappey died in Christchurch Hospital on Saturday night. A 50-year-old has appeared...
View ArticleWoman charged after falsely reporting a needle in a strawberry
Reports of a needle found in a strawberry in a Timaru supermarket were false. Detective Inspector Corrie Parnell said a 28-year-old woman had today been charged with making a false complaint in...
View ArticleDunedin man jailed after paying for sex with underage teenager
A man who paid a 14-year-old girl $20 for consecutive sexual liaisons in the library has been jailed for more than three years. Robert Alfie Mahy (40) appeared in the Dunedin District Court yesterday...
View ArticleArmed guards outside crime scene in Christchurch
Police have confirmed the Stanbury Ave crime scene investigation is part of an ongoing homicide inquiry. 25-year-old Shayne Heappey died in Christchurch Hospital on Saturday night after he was dropped...
View ArticleChristchurch man sentenced for grooming young girl
A Christchurch man who groomed a girl for sex messaged her about every 15-minutes, for every daylight hour. A 35-year-old’s been sentenced to 19-months imprisonment after four-charges involving a...
View ArticleHome detention for drunk driver that killed teen
An Auckland teenager has been sentenced to home detention after killing a 15-year-old in a drunken hit-and-run - and later posting an insensitive social media post of herself in an orange prison...
View ArticlePolice appeal for help in Sandringham homicide investigation
Police have released photos of Shannon Baker and revealed his car was last seen in Auckland on Monday night. Fifty-five-year-old Baker was found dead at an address on Calgary St in Sandringham on...
View ArticleFleet murders: Two men sentenced for killing of Rotorua uncle and nephew
The savage slayings of uncle and nephew Raymond and James Fleet have been denounced with hefty jail time. In the High Court at Rotorua today Zen Pulemoana, 27, was put behind bars for life with a...
View ArticleName suppression for Christchurch woman accused of hit and run
A driver charged over an alleged fatal hit-and-run in July has been granted interim name suppression today. The 56-year-old Christchurch woman is accused of hitting and killing Steffan Pearce-Loe while...
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