Court

Loud crying was heard from the public gallery after a jury found Hutt Valley man Malcolm Ngeru guilty of murdering his partner Mihi Tuhoro in June last year.

The jury in the "Body In The Wardrobe" murder trial continued its deliberations this morning.

An Auckland jury will start considering tomorrow whether a man who fatally shot his mate in the chest earlier this year is guilty of murder.

Blood from slain teenager Shaun Finnerty-Gallagher had splattered over the clothes of the men accused of his murder, a forensic scientist told the jury in the High Court at Christchurch today.

Name suppression has continued for a woman charged with murder, at least until her next appearance next month.

A Masterton man accused of physically abusing his partner's two young children went on trial in Wellington District Court today.

A Rhode Island man accused of killing his wife during a scuba dive was near her when she died, an expert has testified, despite the defendant's claim that the two went their separates ways underwat

A man jailed today for at least 19 years for the brutal murders of two young women hung his head as the victims' families vilified him.

A Masterton man who achieved a degree of fame through a near-death experience last year was today convicted of assaulting his former partner.