Charges dropped against drink-driving suspect, judges rules police had no...
A judge has thrown out charges against an Arrowtown accountant because police did not have the authority to enter his property. Paul Frederick Johnson, 49, refused to co-operate with two officers after...
View ArticleWellington man murders woman with mallet in Karori, sexually violates girl
Warning: Contains graphic content. A Wellington man has admitted bludgeoning a woman to death with a steel mallet so he could sexually violate her 12-year-old daughter. Joseph William Borton was...
View ArticleCop on trial: Constable accused of assaulting woman with Taser
A young Auckland police officer is on trial accused of assaulting a woman with a Taser at near point-blank range after a high-speed chase led to a confrontation at the SkyCity Casino. It was during the...
View ArticleMother of Jasmine Wilson speaks out as homicide investigation continues
The mother of Jasmine Wilson, who died due to non-accidental injuries is urging anyone with information about her daughter's death to come forward. Jasmine died aged 30 in Wellington Hospital on August...
View Article'I'll f***ing Taser you': Woman tells court Auckland cop threatened her with...
A young woman says she begged police to stop hurting her as she lay handcuffed on a carpark floor before a constable allegedly pressed a Taser between her eyes."What's his f**king name or I'll f***ing...
View ArticleTerrifying moment Kiwi Comanchero bikie bashes repair worker in brutal assault
A Kiwi criminal and Comanchero member bashed a former friend and associate so badly he required multiple surgeries - all because he wanted to leave the Australian gang. Vincent Meyer - the son of the...
View ArticleChristchurch engineer who lied about inspecting quake-damaged property fined...
An engineer who lied about inspecting an earthquake-damaged Christchurch property has been fined $9000 and ordered to undertake professional development. An Engineering New Zealand Disciplinary...
View ArticleNo jail for teen burglar who broke into Clinton Primary School and defecated...
A teenager who broke into his old primary school and defecated on the secretary's chair has today avoided jail. Joshua Forrest Duxbury, 19, slipped through an unlocked staff room door at Clinton...
View ArticlePolice arrest 15 people during manhunt - but not hit and run driver
Canterbury police have arrested more than a dozen people as they hunt for a man believed to be involved in a fatal hit and run. They've been looking for 21-year-old Liam Strickland for a week, after...
View ArticleAccused Christchurch gunman seeks to move trial out of Christchurch
The alleged Christchurch mosque shooter is trying to get his murder and terror trial moved out of Christchurch. A court heard today - five months to the day of the shootings - that the 28-year-old...
View ArticleChristchurch teen who had copy of mosque shooting video 'incredibly...
A teenager who had a copy of the Christchurch mosque shooting video has been told by a judge today that his actions were "incredibly disrespectful" to the victims. The 16-year-old, who cannot be named...
View ArticleAuckland woman fined for using cell phone to take photo of police checkpoint
An Auckland woman says she received an $80 fine for using her cell phone while going through a police checkpoint. The woman posted the photo to a local North Shore Facebook group saying she wanted to...
View ArticleNo appeal for Christchurch man after threats to MSD staffer
A man who threatened a Government staffer - saying he was going to come to her office and smash her face in - has had an appeal against his conviction and sentence rejected. In August last year Joshua...
View ArticleChristchurch Police looking for man after service station stabbing
A man is in a serious condition after being stabbed twice by a stranger at a Christchurch service station. Police are appealing for information about the armed offender, and today released an image of...
View ArticleRaglan murder: Police looking for gun used to kill Sean McKinnon
Police investigating the murder of Australian tourist Sean McKinnon at Raglan on Friday say they are continuing to piece together the events that led to his demise. And their priority is finding the...
View ArticleRaglan shooting: Waikato police keen to hear of hitchhiker sightings
Waikato police investigating the shooting of an Australian tourist are calling for sightings of a man seen hitchhiking on the outskirts of Hamilton. And Detective Inspector Graham Pitkethley says...
View ArticleMan accused of murdering toddler in Mangawhai named
More details can be published about a man charged with murdering a 2-year-old girl after his trial started today in the High Court at Auckland. Aaron Archer, 30, is charged with murdering the girl at...
View ArticleQueenstown stabbing: Suspect escaped NZ, caught entering Australia
A man wanted over a Queenstown stabbing was able to leave New Zealand on a plane but was nabbed entering Australia. Police say the 20-year-old was picked up by Australian Federal Police after arriving...
View ArticleFormer cop Shaun Keenan jailed for 46 theft-related charges
A former police officer has been sentenced to three years and 8 months imprisonment for stealing more than $480,000 from a trust he was in charge of. Shaun Joseph Keenan had earlier pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleCanterbury man charged with arson over fires in Central Otago
A South Canterbury man has been arrested and charged following two arsons on consecutive days near Alexandra last week. Police said the fires occurred on August 13 and 14, in Galloway, 7km east of...
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