Teenager in court after three injured in Auckland CBD shooting
A teenager who allegedly shot three people in Auckland's CBD in the early hours of Saturday - including radio host Jay-Jay Feeney's brother Poull Andersen - has appeared in court. The 18-year-old, who...
View ArticleFormer Dunedin High School teacher admits abusing eight more boys
A former Dunedin teacher with a history of sex attacks has admitted abusing eight more boys. David Russell Bond, 70, of Cromwell, appeared in the Dunedin District Court this morning, where he pleaded...
View ArticleRena Joyce murder trial: Christchurch woman accused of stabbing partner,...
A Christchurch woman allegedly cut her partner's throat and stabbed him repeatedly – stopping only when the blade became lodged in his spine. She then dragged his body and hid it in dirt and leaves...
View ArticleAbuse in care: Young boy ripped from whānau into life of abuse, neglect
The "Gates of Hell" opened on Tupua Urlich's childhood when at 5 he was separated from his mother, sister and whānau, and placed in another town with a man who beat him regularly. The 26-year-old has...
View ArticlePolice listening in when man threatens to kill his ex-partner over the phone
When Peter Edward Hitchcock threatened to kill his former partner over the telephone he didn't realise police were listening. About 7.15pm on Saturday, November 20, 2021, Hitchcock called his...
View ArticleRena Joyce murder trial: Jury told of blood stains in house, crime scene...
Officers first on the scene at the home of a Christchurch man allegedly stabbed to death and buried in his own compost heap by his partner have described finding blood stains and remnants of cleaning...
View ArticleTaranaki rape charge dismissed following complainant's evidence
A Taranaki man who was defending charges of rape and unlawful sexual connection has walked free from his trial after the judge dismissed all of the charges. In New Plymouth District Court on Tuesday,...
View ArticleRena Joyce murder trial: Victim's brother 'implored' him to leave violent...
Murder accused Rena Joyce would chase and attack her partner Martin Berry with "anything that was available" on a "regular basis" and almost bit his nose off in one assault, his brother says. David...
View ArticleAuckland women report being assaulted, threatened while exercising
Auckland women say they have been assaulted and threatened while exercising in recent weeks, prompting at least two police investigations. A woman was seriously assaulted at a Devonport Park, another...
View ArticleMāori abuse in state care: Five siblings forced into a life of horror
AG doesn't have many happy childhood memories. What she and her five siblings do remember is clouded in neglect and trauma. They include being hit by a vacuum cleaning cord repetitively, being forced...
View ArticleWild police chase through Dunedin ends six-week crime spree
Tyre-spiked, pinned by police vehicles against a barrier, a wild driver continued his bid to escape — until pepper-sprayed in the face. Justin Philip Witchall (aka Humphreys) appeared before the...
View ArticleRotorua Bottle-o store owner from Tauranga armed with nunchucks chases the...
Armed with a set of nunchucks, Charanjit Dhillon jumped his liquor store counter and chased a thief out the door until the thief's pants fell down. The fit Bottle-O Fenton St store owner - who is a...
View ArticleMan dies at property in Nelson, homicide investigation launched
Police have launched a homicide investigation after a man died at a rural property in Nelson. Detective Senior Sergeant Anthony McCoy said police arrived at the property on Edens Rd in Hope at about...
View Article'Perfect day' ruined: Beachgoer left to find way home in bikini after thieves...
An Auckland woman's "perfect day" out at the beach was spoilt when she returned after her swim to find all her belongings stolen, leaving her to find her way home in her bikini. Originally from South...
View ArticleRena Joyce murder trial: Christchurch woman's 'confession' to police revealed...
GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING "He's by the birdbath. Please go get him." This is what Rena Joyce, 56, told police moments after she confessed to killing her partner Martin Berry and burying him in a compost...
View ArticleNomads gang prospect jailed after stabbing Mongrel Mob rival 15 times in face...
A Nomads prospect has been urged to rethink his loyalty to the gang after being imprisoned for stabbing a mobster in the face with a pair of scissors. "You're sitting in that booth today and they're...
View ArticleWoman accused of Pukekohe Molotov cocktail attack named
A woman who allegedly injured three others in a Molotov cocktail attack in South Auckland can now be named. Fatima Ibrahim, an Iraqi national, appeared at Manukau District Court this morning charged...
View ArticleInvercargill courier Courier worker stole money she was meant to deposit
An Invercargill woman who worked for a courier firm took more than $15,000 from a Riverton business by not depositing its bankings, a court heard yesterday. Ashley Renee Hansen, 30, appeared in the...
View ArticleAngela Smith homicide: Attack at Henderson flat results in prison for blind...
A blind and intellectually disabled West Auckland man who was recently diagnosed with incurable cancer has been sentenced to six years and seven months' prison for his participation in the brutal...
View ArticleRena Joyce murder trial: Murder accused takes stand at Christchurch trial,...
The Christchurch woman who stabbed her partner to death and buried his body in his compost heap has taken the stand to defend herself today at her murder trial. She claims the fatal assault came after...
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