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Police found keys belonging to the alleged killer and a knife next to the badly burnt body of Jacqueline Blackbourn.

A woman thought she was going to die when her partner strangled her on a kitchen counter - four years before he allegedly stabbed and strangled another woman, a court has head.

A man charged with murdering a woman whose body was found in a burning Auckland house has pleaded guilty to lighting the fire.

A man accused of murdering a student and dumping her body in the boot of her abandoned car is a foolish young man but not a murderer, his lawyer has told a court.

Billy Dawson was punched in the face shortly before he fell over and sustained a fatal head injury, a court has heard.

Two men who planned to kidnap and kill a woman for money sent text messages to each other in the days leading up to the killing, one of which read: "Of course, kidnap whoever is rich. Whoever has money. Kill hostage as soon as getting the money'', a court has heard.

A young man fighting for his life in hospital after a street attack in Auckland "is expected to die'', a court heard this afternoon.

The former general manager of a boutique law firm has admitted stealing $370,000 but says he did not benefit from the theft.

A disqualified drunken driver who crashed his friend's ute and killed him has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison.

Glenn McDonald shot his former flatmate seven times after an argument over a woman, the Crown says.

Glenn Michael McDonald had taken methamphetamine and contemplated suicide just hours before he shot his former flatmate, a court has been told.

A teacher at a private Christian school has been sentenced to two years in prison after touching 11 of his female students, some as young as 9.

Air rifle murder case underway: By Edward Gay, APNZ court reporter Glenn McDonald was in a "volatile and perhaps paranoid'' state when he shot and killed his flatmate seven times with a high-powered air rifle, a court has heard.

A New Zealander is alleged to have set his girlfriend on fire in Perth.

A customer service worker was sacked after asking her boss to pay her for working on Labour Day.