Child sex offender used social media to contact and groom underage girls
A child sex offender who used social media to contact his victims offered a 9-year-old girl money to have sex with him, a court has heard.Michael Loye appeared before Judge Ida Malosi in the Whanganui...
View ArticleFatal shooting of Dale Watene was a terrible accident, court told
A woman accused of murdering Dale Watene admits he was shot at her house but says it was a terrible accident.The trial of the two people accused of being involved in the murder of Watene began before...
View Article'Morally repugnant': Auckland doctor stripped of licence to practice after...
Warning: This story discusses sexual offending.An Auckland doctor imprisoned after being found guilty of sexual violation has had his registration scrapped by the health sector's disciplinary body -...
View ArticleAkash sentenced again for murder of pregnant Gurpreet Kaur in 2016
An Auckland man who has twice been convicted of stabbing to death his pregnant partner was ordered to serve a life sentence today with a minimum period of imprisonment of 15 years - slightly shorter...
View ArticleCanterbury trainer on home detention for racing industry frauds
A year after being banned for life from harness racing for duping owners, Mitchell Paul Kerr has been put on home detention for fraud and forgery, including selling a fictitious horse for $40,000.The...
View ArticleKopu murder trial: 'I wanted him to tell me it wasn't real' - former...
The former girlfriend of a man charged with murder says his dislike of the victim "didn't stop", right up until the day he was shot dead.Macy Randall had been in a relationship with Adrian Phillips for...
View Article'Ticking time bomb' - Teen murderer who left girl face down in a creek to die...
The family of a girl who was left face down to die in a creek say it's a good thing her killer has been denied release from prison as they believe he's still a "ticking time bomb".Hermanus Theodorus...
View ArticleWhangārei woman lured from van by man who claimed she had a flat tyre
A 70-year-old Whangārei driver was duped out of her van by an intoxicated thief who claimed she had a flat tyre and offered to help fix it.As she went to inspect the wheel, the woman left her keys in...
View ArticleAuckland robberies: Burglars target Noel Leeming Royal Oak, Xbox consoles...
An Auckland appliance store is the latest to be hit by thieves as a spate of ram raids and burglaries plague the city.Burglars smashed their way into Noel Leeming on Pah Rd in Royal Oak, leaving...
View ArticleDunedin judge declares mistrial for man accused of raping three women
The trial of the man accused of raping three women in 15 months has been abandoned on its fifth day.Judge Michael Turner declared a mistrial and dismissed the jury from the Dunedin District Court...
View ArticleAuckland walkway killing: Man accused of stabbing Tom Coombes remains at...
The man accused of killing Tom Coombes, the 25-year-old university student and volunteer firefighter whose body was discovered on a Mt Albert walkway last month, was unable to appear in court for a...
View ArticleAuckland gun crime: Police make second arrest after Papakura shooting
Police have made a second arrest over a shooting near Papakura District Court that left a person critically hurt.The 25 year-old man is due in the Papakura District Court today - after the shots just...
View ArticleBrother sentenced to community detention for historical rapes of sister
A brother who raped his younger sister "numerous" times throughout their childhood has now been convicted of the crimes but the punishment imposed will see him continue to lead a relatively normal...
View ArticleAuckland gang shootings: Truce called between Killer Beez and Tribesmen after...
A ceasefire has been agreed between two rival motorcycle gangs after a three-week blitz of shootings and suspicious fires across Auckland, the Herald understands.The tit-for-tat war between the...
View ArticleShopfront destroyed as masked ram raider reverses van into Mt Albert Stihl Shop
Footage has emerged of a van being manoeuvred in front of an Auckland power tool shop before it smashes into its glass entrance in a pre-dawn ram raid.Security cameras track the break-in that takes...
View ArticleMan admits threats to kill - and to blow up the Beehive
An eight-year-old girl tried to stand her ground to stop her mother being hurt when Jason Edward Tier began smashing things with a mop.Her brave efforts did not succeed. Thirty-four-year-old Tier...
View ArticleMarried grandmother stole $245k over 15 years while claiming to be solo mum
A lifetime beneficiary who stole almost $250,000 from New Zealand taxpayers has been sentenced to home detention.Rowena Rochelle Price appeared before Judge Ian Carter in the Whanganui District Court...
View ArticlePerson critically injured after assault at The Station Backpackers
A man is fighting for his life in hospital after an assault at a downtown Auckland backpacker's lodge overnight.Police and ambulances were called to The Station Backpackers on Beach Rd around 1am after...
View ArticleAuckland robberies: Liquor store targeted three times in two months
The owner of an Auckland bottle shop says he feels useless after being hit by thieves three times in a span of two months.Police were called to the Bottle-O on Duke St, in Mt Roskill, overnight after...
View ArticleBurglar sentenced to community detention was so intoxicated he could not...
A man who burgled two student flats in one night was so intoxicated he did not remember most of his misdeeds, a court has heard.On the night of September 24 last year, Thomas Bridgman was partying at a...
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