Court

A woman convicted of killing a teenager when she drove her car into a crowd of partygoers has been recalled to prison, allegedly for trying to strangle a woman and push her in front of an oncoming

A trial has collapsed after a 14-year-old girl admitted telling a series of lies, including a story she made up about her father selling her for a sex attack, a court was told today.

A complainant in a rape trial today said she had sex with the accused after he threatened to tell her father about a relationship she was in.

A man who allegedly threw rocks at a helicopter was remanded in custody when he appeared in Taupo District Court today.

Two children have described how a family station wagon hit speeds over 200kmh moments before it crashed off the road, killing four-year-old Konrad Truger.

A helicopter suffered at least $20,000 worth of damage when a man hurled rocks at it while it was idling near Waihi Village, at the southern end of Lake Taupo this morning.

Four days in jail were an attitude-changing experience for 17-year-old boyracer Lewis John Garton, who has admitted his part in the ambush of a lone police sergeant.

A 27-year-old man has been charged with robbing a bank on Auckland's North Shore yesterday.

A man jailed for stupefying and raping his niece has had an appeal against conviction dismissed.