Comancheros vice president jailed over money laundering charges
The trust account of an Auckland lawyer was used to launder millions of dollars' worth of luxury cars, cash and real estate for the vice president of the Comancheros and other members of the motorcycle...
View ArticleMigrant exploitation case: Auckland businessman appealing jail term still...
A jailed Auckland businessman is yet to pay his exploited workers more than $100,000 in wages as he appeals his sentence. Mohammed Atiqul Islam, 39, is currently serving a four years and five month...
View ArticleMoney-laundering puzzle: Comancheros lawyer Andrew Neill Simpson jailed 2...
Auckland lawyer Andrew Simpson is happily married, a father of five young children, and often would not charge clients if they could not afford his services. He'd help them anyway. Which is why his...
View ArticleAngela Blackmoore murderer pleads guilty 24 years later
A man has pleaded guilty to beating a young Christchurch mum to death 24 years ago. Jeremy Powell, 45, appeared in the High Court in Christchurch this morning. He's admitted to killing 21-year-old...
View ArticleAuckland detectives travel to West Coast for Mount Eden human remains case
Auckland detectives this week descended on the tiny West Coast town of Blackball brandishing a photo of a man thought to have owned the Mt Eden home where human remains were found. Police are still...
View ArticleRam-raid at Auckland jewellers: Augenstein's Jewellers and Watchmakers...
Thieves have smashed a car into a Browns Bay jewellers in an early-morning ram raid burglary. It is the second smash-and-grab at Augenstein's Jewellers and Watchmakers in less than a year, after they...
View ArticleMr Asia player back behind bars after 'substantial' meth deal busted
A convicted murderer and key player in the Mr Asia drug syndicate has been jailed after admitting his part in a "substantial" methamphetamine deal. Patrick Michael George Bennetts - aka Norton-Bennetts...
View ArticlePolice officer accused of sexually violating colleague during Waitangi Day...
A police officer is on trial accused of sexually violating a colleague after a night of heavy drinking while on deployment at last year's official ceremonies at Waitangi. The policeman was arrested...
View ArticlePolice search Christchurch address over mosque threat
Police are speaking to a 19-year-old man after a threat was made against Al Noor mosque. Officers raided a Christchurch property today. Superintendent John Price, Canterbury District Commander, said a...
View ArticlePolice make $101 million dent in criminal activity
Police say they seized about $101 million of assets that were proceeds of crime in 2019 - a dent 65 per cent larger than the year before. The Police Asset Recovery Unit (ARU) restrained 491 assets last...
View ArticleInmate dies inside Auckland's Paremoremo Prison after attack
An Auckland inmate has died after being attacked by a fellow prisoner inside Paremoremo Prison. The attack took place in a prison yard shortly before 3pm today, Corrections chief custodial officer Neil...
View ArticleWoman charged after police bank alert shared ahead of Christchurch attack...
A 19-year-old woman has been charged with unlawful possession of a highly confidential New Zealand Police document in which banks were told to be on high alert about terror financing. The memo, sent by...
View ArticleCustoms drugs seizure: Stuffed toys used to send MDMA, ephedrine,...
Customs has seized 46kg of MDMA and other drugs which were imported in parcels including stuffed toys. A 27-year-old Chinese national appeared in Manukau District Court today after he was linked to the...
View ArticleAuckland murder: Man found dead outside Epsom's Club 574 Gentlemen's Club
A man has been found dead outside a "gentlemen's club" in the Auckland suburb of Epsom. A member of the public found the body just after midnight this morning and police are treating the death as a...
View ArticleSandringham killing: Shannon Baker was the victim of a 'violent' home...
Warning: graphic content The victim of a home invasion was found deceased gagged and hog-tied on his bed and would have suffered "in unimaginable pain from his injuries", the High Court was told today....
View ArticleEpsom brothel homicide: Club 574 manager identified as victim, staff shocked
The man found murdered at an Auckland brothel was a manager at the business, shocked staff have been told. The victim is said to be a man who had worked at the Epsom gentlemen's club, Club 574, for...
View ArticleBoy murdered by his teen babysitter found on floor by his mother
A 9-year-old boy stabbed to death by his teenage babysitter was found dead on his bedroom floor by his mother, a court has heard. The babysitter, who was 15 at the time, yesterday pleaded guilty to one...
View ArticlePolice officer found guilty of sexually violating colleague
A police officer accused of raping his colleague has been found guilty but in a courtroom outburst has maintained his innocence. The cop had been on trial for the past two weeks charged with indecently...
View Article'Grave fears' tip off lead to human remains found buried off Desert Road near...
Human remains have been found buried in a remote part of the central North Island this morning. In response to Herald inquiries, a spokesperson confirmed police have been carrying out a land search in...
View ArticleChristchurch mosque shootings: Who is Brenton Tarrant? The making of a mass...
Brenton Tarrant this morning unexpectedly pleaded guilty to the murder of 51 people in Christchurch on March 15. Born in Australia, Tarrant's pathway to New Zealand's darkest day took him around the...
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