Court

A Blenheim man who shot dead another man during a confrontation outside a Blenheim motorcycle club was today jailed for life.

A Dunedin mother has been sentenced to intensive supervision and community work for causing the death of her 22-month-old twin daughter, who choked to death after being assaulted earlier this year.

The sentence of home detention given to a father and daughter for their part in the abduction of the woman's young son two years ago has been criticised as light by the boy's father.

A man charged with murdering his wife earlier this month will be assessed for his ability to plead to the charge.

A bid for release on bail for Patrick Allan Daken, accused of murdering his brother in an incident at Port Levy in June, has been refused.

A 33-year-old woman charged with making a false gang rape complaint over a Corsair Bay incident has not retracted her original statement and is likely to defend the charge, the Christchurch Distric

A Coromandel man who illegally sold off his gun collection has been jailed for 21 months.

A woman will appear in Christchurch District Court tomorrow charged with making a false complaint after she alleged she had been gang raped at Corsair Bay.

A 12-hour drinking session came before an attack on a 14-year-old boy in Christchurch's Linwood Park by a group of older teens, according to one of those charged with kicking the boy unconscious.

A Dannevirke beneficiary demanded her nine-year-old daughter's paper round money before assaulting her, Dannevirke District Court was told yesterday.