Court

A top sportsman has appeared in court over a serious assault on a man at a bar.

The trial of an elderly Rotorua man accused of shooting a Turangi service station attendant more than 30 years ago will begin today after the court was unable to select enough jurors yesterday.

A man accused of killing a Turangi service station attendant more than 30 years ago has pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder.

All Black Julian Savea's appearance in Wellington District Court this morning has been delayed briefly for his counsel to consider media applications to photograph him in court.

A Dunedin student has been fined almost the maximum amount for disorderly behaviour after setting fire to a chair in the student area of the city last month.

One of the men accused of assaulting cricketer Jesse Ryder has chosen to fight the charges and has elected to stand trial by jury, a court has been told.

Former bouncer Jonathan Dixon told an Invercargill jury yesterday that by posting footage on the internet of Mike Tindall with another woman he was going to ''save the princess from being tortured'

Former Dominion Finance Group chief executive Paul William Cropp has been found guilty of four charges of theft by a person in a special relationship.