Complaint over top lawyer's treatment in court
The New Zealand Law Society is investigating a complaint over the way a former top barrister and prosecutor was treated in the Auckland District Court this week.
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Refugee sentenced to jail over drugs charges
A Vietnamese refugee caught running a million-dollar indoor cannabis operation, in which he stole $26,000 worth of electricity to heat and light the rental houses where he was growing the drug ha
Drug-dealing dad spared jail sentence
As Kerikeri solo dad Neil Arthur Phillips entered the dock for sentencing on dope dealing charges, his two teenage sons rushed over from the public gallery to give him a hug.
'Gay' account denied in Cottrell trial
One of the men accused of murdering a Wellington journalist allegedly told his girlfriend that the man looked "gay" so his friend got smart to him moments before the pair punched and kicked him.
Four in court after attack on family
A brother and sister and two other Tauranga men charged in the relation to their alleged violent attack on a Te Puna Road family last month appeared in a Tauranga court this morning.
Accused told of kicking Cottrell in head
Remand for man accused of manslaughter
A Wellington man charged with the manslaughter of a Kapiti Coast teenager has been remanded until next week, when he is expected to make a plea to the charge.
Mum to defend boiling water burns charge
A mother accused of immersing her 2-year-old son's hands in boiling water then failing to seek medical treatment for at least eight months will defend the charge.
Child sex abuser attacked outside court
Trevor Hall, the man who sexually abused a 7-year-old girl, has been assaulted outside court.
Murder charge laid in Rotorua
A Rotorua woman has been charged with the murder of Michelle Hoffman-Tamm.