Court

A Victorian woman acted in panic rather than wickedness when she burnt her new husband alive, a court has heard.

Two friends of Denis Kenny Billesdon have told how he told them years later that he had smothered his elderly sister "to put her out of her misery" because he could not stand her pain.

The crown alleges a man used a pillow to smother his elderly sister while she slept under medication at her home seven years ago.

Fourteen lawyers lined up in the High Court at Christchurch this morning for the start of the trial of six Timaru men accused of murdering freezing worker Wayne Kerry Bray.

A judge today acknowledged a young man's efforts to turn his life around after a prison term, and urged him to apologise in person to the Nelson victim of a burglary.

Two brothers on trial for murdering three-year-old Nia Glassie appeared to break down when their mother gave evidence at their trial today.

The jury has retired for the night without reaching verdicts in the trial of Liam James Reid in the High Court at Christchurch.

Police have got six days to decide whether they want to pursue a manslaughter charge against a boyracer who has admitted killing the mother of ACT political candidate Aaron Keown - a crash that tri

A woman afraid that she would lose her New Zealand boyfriend lied to Australian police about his involvement in a serious Sydney street bashing.