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An appeal is due to be heard tomorrow over a former top policeman's conviction and sentence for his handling of historic sex allegations by Louise Nicholas.

Antonie Dixon has told so many stories since the evening he attacked two women with a samurai sword and fatally shot a man that he is struggling to keep track of all his lies, the Crown told the Hi

A former West Coast rugby representative has gone on trial on 15 counts of rape or sexual indecency.

A woman in her mid-60s told Christchurch District Court she was afraid of 85-year-old William John Dehart who has been charged with four breaches of a protection order she took out.

Murder accused Antonie Dixon told a negotiator he was prepared to die during an armed standoff with police, either by shooting himself or by forcing police to shoot him, a jury was told today.

A New Zealander was one of two people who allegedly boasted they were responsible for the "bizarre" death in Sydney of American actress Joyce Germain, an inquest has been told.

A North Canterbury man must pay $500 to a policeman for burning him on the arm with a cigarette during a traffic stop.

A High Court judge has told a man who admitted a "barbaric" attack on an elderly woman before setting fire to her home that he could not be reformed.

Serial tagger Justin James Dunning is facing a jail sentence after appearing in Christchurch District Court today on intentional damage charges.