Tensions flare at inquest into 18-year-old decapitation case
Tensions ran high during a coroner's inquest today as experts again clashed over why a piece of a truck came off and flew like a missile through a ute window, killing a young father inside almost 18...
View ArticleTrial date set for McLaren Falls murder accused
Five men charged in relation to the death of a Ngaruwahia man found dead near Tauranga are all set to fight their charges. Mitchell Paterson's body was found in a body of water under the McLaren Falls...
View ArticleWintess: Attempted murder-accused repeatedly said she caused head-on crash
A woman accused of attempting to kill her ex-partner in a car crash told a nurse she caused the collision, a jury has been told. Maxine Avlon Paul, 58, of Waihī is on trial in the Rotorua High Court...
View ArticlePolice investigating reports man exposed himself to teenage girls
Christchurch Police are investigating two reports of a man exposing himself to teenage girls on Monday evening. Both reports to police were of a man in a silver or white four-by-four with an orange...
View ArticleCourt hears of moment Piri Weepu great was found slumped behind wheel
It was like any other graveyard shift for the staff at McDonald's Petone on Sunday, July 15. Except that a national sporting hero was slumped over his steering wheel in their drive-thru while waiting...
View ArticleWoman charged with kidnap, robbery of 87yo in supermarket carpark
Police have arrested a 35-year-old woman for the kidnapping and robbery of an 87-year-old man in Hastings. The woman was due to appear in Hastings District Court today charged with aggravated robbery...
View ArticleMurder trial: Health board 'doesn't want to take any responsibility' for...
Auckland's District Health Board "doesn't appear to want to take any responsibility" for the release of a patient who brutally killed a man just three days later, a court has heard. For the past...
View ArticlePolice find alleged shooters of seal at Northland beach
The alleged killers of a leopard seal found with gunshot wounds on a Northland beach have been caught. Four teenage males, two aged 16 and two aged 15, would be referred to Youth Aid over the incident,...
View ArticleChristchurch man jailed over child abuse image possession
A Christchurch man has been sentenced to two years and one month in prison for the possession of almost 30,000 child sex abuse images and videos. Corey Andrew Challis pleaded guilty to two charges in...
View ArticleHung jury in trial of taxi driver Baljeet Singh accused of groping Jay-Jay...
The trial of a taxi driver accused of groping radio host Jay-Jay Feeney has ended in a hung jury. Baljeet Singh's trial for allegedly indecently assaulting the radio host began on Monday before a jury...
View ArticleNurse in Samoa charged in MMR baby deaths investigation
More charges are expected to be laid against a nurse in Samoa in relation to the deaths of two toddlers who died shortly after receiving MMR vaccinations. Local authorities investigating the deaths of...
View ArticleWhat happens now after hung jury in Jay-Jay Feeney case?
What happens now after the trial of an Auckland taxi driver accused of groping radio host Jay-Jay Feeney ended in a hung jury? Baljeet Singh was on trial this week for allegedly indecently assaulting...
View ArticleWestern Springs murder: Mental health patient guilty
A mental health patient, released from hospital just days before brutally killing an Auckland pensioner, has been found guilty of murder. Gabriel Hikari Yad-Elohim has been on trial for the murder of...
View ArticleCameras hidden in shampoo bottles used to film women, court hears
Remote-controlled cameras hidden in shampoo bottles have been used to film female guests shower in a Hawke's Bay homestay a judge has been told in Hastings District Court. The man made 219 recordings...
View ArticleThird person charged with Auckland teen Dimetrius Pairama's murder
A third person will appear in court charged with the murder of an Auckland teenager. The Herald understands a 16-year-old woman has been summonsed to appear in the Youth Court at Manukau tomorrow. She...
View ArticleMan exchanged alcohol for sex with teen
A Wellington man who groomed a teenager and gave her alcohol in exchange for oral sex has been sentenced to home detention for his sexual contact with the girl. The man was 35 years old when he...
View ArticleStaggering statistics on institutionalised racism released
Staggering statistics on criminal convictions have raised further concern over institutionalised racism. An article in LawTalk magazine shows half of all Māori and Pacific men born in 1978 have a...
View ArticlePolice concerns of 'cover-up' over scuba diver Bua-Ngoen Thongsi's mystery death
Police officers who investigated the death of a scuba diver have concerns that others on the fateful trip have colluded in a cover-up. Thai national Bua-Ngoen "Goy" Thongsi, who had been living in...
View ArticleMan who threaten to bury neighbours in his garden jailed
A Dunedin man who labelled his neighbours "narks" and threatened to bury them in his garden has been jailed for 18 months. Erin Robin Bishop embarked on a week of threatening behaviour, which began on...
View ArticleReports of man with a pistol in Manurewa
UPDATED 4.45pm A man who allegedly escaped from Auckland District Court on Tuesday has been arrested after police were called to reports of a man with a pistol in Manurewa. Police had been searching...
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