Sentence reduced for after-party sexual assault in Dunedin
A Dunedin student who fondled a woman in her bed after a party has failed to have his conviction lifted.Luke Malachi Goatley, 20, did, however, have his sentence reduced by Justice Rachel Dunningham...
View ArticlePolice cannabis operation bags plants worth $95 million, 80 firearms, meth...
Police have seized firearms and more than 34,000 cannabis plants and 79kg of dried cannabis with a combined street value of around $95 million in a major summer crackdown on drug crime.The nationally...
View ArticlePolice hunting passenger after person suffers serious injuries on Auckland bus
Police are hunting a bus passenger after a person suffered serious injuries in an attack on an Auckland central bus.Police and emergency services were called to Broadway, in Newmarket, after reports of...
View ArticleIRD bungle on high profile prisoner's court case leads to special suppression...
A bungle while transferring evidence for a high-profile prisoner's court case has prompted a special suppression order in case a member of the public stumbles across the missing information.A USB stick...
View ArticleAuckland cyclist death: Hannah Tilsley accused of causing Levi Williams's death
A young motorist accused of causing the death of a teen cyclist at an Auckland roundabout appeared in court for the first time today.Ponsonby resident Hannah Lousie Tilsley, 23, could face up to three...
View ArticleOperation Mystic: 'Storeman' of drug syndicate jailed on meth, MDMA charges
A man who played the role of "storeman" in an international drug ring has been sentenced to 10 years in jail after what the judge described as a "fall from grace".Peter Dong Hae Kim received large...
View ArticlePiopio home invasion: Fitbit shows farmer's heartbeat spike as he tussles...
The heartbeat of a farmer charged with cutting off a teen's finger in a botched home invasion more than doubled as he fought for his life during a violent confrontation with his burglars.William Bruce...
View ArticleHawke's Bay murderer gets new jail term for trying to blackmail a man he...
Murderer David James Lothian has been given another jail sentence, for trying to blackmail a man he did not know was dead.However, Lothian won't have to spend extra time in prison for his latest...
View ArticleElizabeth Zhong homicide: Ex-husband testifies defendant Fang Sun threatened...
Three years to the week before Auckland businesswoman Elizabeth Zhong was found murdered - her body wrapped in blankets in the boot of her own Land Rover - she had engaged in an hours-long argument...
View ArticlePiopio home invasion: Farmer tells why burglar's finger was chopped off
A farmer has described how and why a teen burglar had part of his finger chopped off during the burglary of his home."I said to Shaun, 'chop it off'. Shaun got it and chopped it off," William Burr told...
View ArticleManukau Noel Leeming targeted by burglars for second time within a week
A Noel Leeming store in South Auckland has been targeted by burglars for the second time within a week as the city is struck by a string of offending and ram raids.Police were called to the incident at...
View ArticleMother and daughter sentenced to home detention for kidnapping
A woman who hatched a plan to rescue her daughter from an abusive relationship has been sentenced to six months home detention for kidnapping.The mother - who cannot be named for legal reasons and has...
View ArticleAfter Dunedin supermarket stabbing horror, a search for answers - and lessons
It has been nearly a year since a transient Dunedin man entered a supermarket and tried to murder four people. Rob Kidd examines the forlorn hunt for answers and asks how such a catastrophic attack can...
View ArticlePolice recruit charged with indecent assault of fellow trainee in 'mock' raids
A police recruit has been charged with indecent assault after bursting into the rooms of female colleagues at night to "practise" search and seizure techniques they had been taught in class. The Herald...
View ArticleAnother Auckland ram raid: Panmure store damaged in burglary overnight
Another store in Auckland has been targeted in a ram raid overnight, with thieves making off with armfuls of clothing.The burglary happened about 2am at the Big Broz shop on Queens Rd in the suburb of...
View ArticleGuilty plea on one-punch manslaughter charge ahead of trial
The family of an 18-year-old punched and killed in a car park are unhappy that the teenage attacker is clinging to his name suppression after admitting manslaughter. Justice Gerald Nation refused...
View ArticlePiopio home invasion: 'It wasn't a situation to run', accused tells jury
A farmer accused of attacking a teen boy who had just broken into his home says he couldn't have fled as he expected gang members to turn up at the scene. William 'Bruce' Burr told a jury in the High...
View ArticleDrunk driver found by skid marks leading to his house
Police were led to Peter Johnson's poor driving by a series of strong clues, including skid marks on the road, straight to his home.After smashing through a fence into a suburban garden in his Ford...
View ArticleElderly man had no light, water, fresh air and little sanitation, police allege
A 90-year-old man with dementia was locked in a dark room for up to 16 hours a day, and clad in an adult nappy and a wet suit he could not remove, for whenever he soiled himself, the police allege. The...
View ArticleEight children, 14yo driver, face court and youth aid after police officer...
A group of eight children, some as young as 11, were involved in a dramatic cross-country crime dash in stolen vehicles that saw a motorist injured and a police officer run over. The shocking incident,...
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