Victim dead before being set alight, court told
A Canterbury dairy farmer who was brutally murdered was dead before his body was set on fire, a court has heard.
Court
Man convicted of businessman's murder
A jury last night found Witeri Ahomiro Neketai guilty of murdering Tauranga businessman Gary Kimura - but acquitted his associate, Taonui Hiku, of manslaughter.
Knife-point robberies admitted
A man robbed a Dunedin pharmacy twice within five months to get drugs to sell because he needed money, the Dunedin District Court heard yesterday.
Man lied to get ritalin to sell
A Dunedin man has admitted offering to sell much of the ritalin he obtained in large quantities by falsely claiming he was a fisherman due to spend three months at sea.
Accused in court over attacks on elderly
Jail for entertainer who violated teen
A Hawkes Bay entertainer who sexually violated a teenage boy seven years ago has been jailed for three years and one month.
Teen jailed for crime spree
A young Milton man has been sentenced to almost six years' jail for a spree of offending - including kidnapping and aggravated robbery - which culminated in two high-speed police pursuits,
Friend sentenced in Bayliss murder case
The friend and flatmate of teen killer Jeremy McLaughlin who helped him try and get away with the burglary and arson of murder victim Jade Bayliss' house has been sentenced to 200 hours of commun
Jailed National Finance director loses appeal
Jailed National Finance director Trevor Ludlow will remain behind bars after the Court of Appeal rejected his appeal against his sentence.
Hubbard's wife caused crash, court told
Timaru financier Allan Hubbard died in a head-on car crash caused by his elderly wife, not by the Mosgiel man accused of careless driving causing his death, a court has been told.