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Six members of the Bandidos biker gang have been found guilty of murdering eight men associated with the gang in the worst mass slayings in Ontario history.

A man accused of murdering his friend on the Desert Road seven years ago told his former girlfriend to lie to police about when the victim was last seen, the High Court at Wellington was told today

Excessive alcohol intoxication cannot be ruled out as the sole cause of death for a teenager found dead in a Christchurch park, the High Court at Christchurch was told today.

Alcohol alone could not have killed a teenager found dead in a Christchurch park last year, says a pathologist.

Investigations are continuing into three other incidents, after the arrest of a teenage boy over a sex attack in South Auckland yesterday, police said today.

In an intercepted conversation, murder accused Thomas Tihema Christie talked of elbowing a youth in the face -- a youth who was later found dead in Christchurch's Auburn Reserve.

A Rimutaka Prison inmate who stabbed a fellow cellmate over a stray cat was today jailed for a further four years.