Watch: CCTV shows thugs terrorising store staff
If he hadn't decided to close his store five minutes earlier than usual last Friday night "for no good reason", the owner of a liquor store in Huntly, Waikato, isn't sure he'd even be alive today."Call...
View ArticlePair in court over 30-year-old Red Fox murder
Two men charged with the murder and robbery of Maramarua publican Chris Bush 30 years ago have appeared in the High Court as their lawyers argued for the trial date to be pushed back. Mr Bush was shot...
View ArticleRiverhead quarry victim: 'I knew what he wanted to do to me'
A jury has heard from a woman allegedly kidnapped and assaulted at a West Auckland quarry by Colin Jack Mitchell. It is the first time her story has been shared since she was allegedly abducted by...
View ArticleModel avoids assault conviction so she can pursue career
A Dunedin model is set to avoid conviction for smashing a man over the head with a wine bottle, so she can pursue her career. Kopare Charlotte Williams, 19, appeared in the Dunedin District Court...
View ArticleNear-fatal West Auckland assault caught on CCTV, released by police
A brutal assault in West Auckland where a man was beaten with a piece of wood has been caught in graphic CCTV footage. Police are appealing for public help to find the men who left a 20-year-old victim...
View ArticleChristchurch teen sentenced for planning to drive car into crowd
New Zealand's Islamic community is shocked that a Christchurch teen was planning to ram a car into a group of people. The teenager, who was sentenced at the Christchurch District Court yesterday, was...
View ArticleMan under the limit flees police checkpoint, crashes
He saw the police checkpoint and fled. Shortly afterwards he crashed into a Hamilton car yard, where rows of vehicles were parked, damaging five of them. But when breath-tested by police, he was under...
View ArticleDunedin man jailed for blowing up the wrong car
When Dylan Grant Woodley heard of his mate's feud with an ex-girlfriend he decided to make her car "go boom". But the arson was misguided — it was not her car. The man had seen his ex-partner driving...
View ArticleHamilton street race manslaughter trial summing up
A jury that has to decide whether two cars were illegally racing before a horrific crash that killed four people has been told the blame lies solely at the driver who died. Dylan Cossey and Stephen...
View ArticleTeenager arrested after man stabbed in Christchurch
A teenager has been arrested and a man left fighting for his life after a stabbing in Christchurch. The 19-year-old man was arrested after the incident at a house on Northcote Rd, Northcote about 2am...
View ArticleNapier Pita Pit robbed at knifepoint by shoeless man
Hawke's Bay police are investigating the aggravated robbery of Napier's Pita Pit restaurant by a man without any shoes. The man wearing dark clothing and one black sock and the other white - but no...
View ArticleSecond Russian man pleads guilty to importing MDMA
A Russian national has become the second man to plead guilty to importing 5kg of MDMA into New Zealand. Three people were arrested at Christchurch Airport when the powdered substance was found in a...
View ArticleConcern over German tourist approaching pre-teen girls
Police are searching for a German tourist who has caused concerns after asking pre-teen girls for directions in the southern police district. The man's behaviour has resulted in parents calling police...
View ArticleHorrific details emerge in Duckmanton murder case
More details on the internet history of the man charged with killing Christchurch woman Renee Duckmanton. Detective Donavon Aitken has told the High Court in Christchurch, weeks before Miss...
View ArticleHamilton fatal crash: Driver found guilty of manslaughter
The driver of a car involved in a street race that ended in the deaths of four people has been found guilty of manslaughter. Dylan Cossey, 20, was found guilty on all six charges laid after the 2016...
View ArticleConvicted murderer Liam Reid fails to stop documentary
Convicted rapist and murderer Liam Reid has failed in a bid to stop a television production company screening a documentary-style show about his crimes. In November Reid applied for an injunction...
View ArticleSainey Marong allegedly said sex workers were 'dirty, immoral and inferior'
The man accused of murdering Christchurch prostitute Renee Duckmanton told a psychologist who concluded he was mentally fit to stand trial that sex workers were "dirty, immoral and inferior", a court...
View ArticleCouple accused of smoking synthetic drugs that harmed a baby
A man and a woman have been charged with smoking synthetic cannabis while looking after a baby, who went on to suffer adverse health effects. The pair, who can't be named for legal reasons, had their...
View ArticleChristchurch GP who indecently assaulted male patients jailed
A Christchurch doctor who indecently assaulted male patients has today been jailed for four years and three months. Rakesh Kumar Chawdhry, 62, was working as a GP at the Riccarton Clinic when he...
View ArticleTop cop blames social media for spike in female crime
A spike in crime committed by women and youths has left the head of the police wondering if social media may be partly to blame. Answering questions about crime rates from Parliament's justice select...
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