The fate of two men accused of burning a 21-year-old supermarket worker to death for $30,000 will be in the hands of a jury this afternoon.

A young man’s “conscience kicked in” when he and his co-defendant went to a south Auckland road to burn a body, his lawyer said.

The lawyer of a man accused of burning his friend to death says his client thought the victim was dead when the fire was lit.

A man who was burnt alive may have been lying on his back unconscious, appearing to be dead when petrol was poured on him and he was set on fire.

Week six, and the end of the Mark Lundy murder trial is only sort of nigh.

The lawyer for the man accused of burning his friend to death has suggested the victim may have been unconscious when the fire started - appearing to be dead.

Days after allegedly burning their friend to death, one man told his co-accused keeping their stories straight was 'the only way we'll be saved', a court has heard.

A mother stabbed to death as she walked home after a double shift was speaking to her husband by phone when she was attacked.

One of two men accused of murdering Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov is a decorated former soldier who once received a bravery award issued by the Kremlin.

Coral-Ellen Burrows should be planning a party. Instead, her family will gather at her graveside. Her life was cut short in a crime that brought New Zealand to a standstill.

EXCLUSIVE: A cop was assaulted by an aggressive remand prisoner being housed at a police station because of a spike in inmate numbers.

An Auckland man accused of burning his friend to death over his life savings allegedly spent some of the cash on souping up his car just hours after the murder.

Two men, accused of burning a 21-year-old to death for his life savings, got tattoos together only days afterwards and were in good spirits, a court has heard.

The father of an Auckland man allegedly burned alive for his life savings has spoken of the frantic search for his son on the night of his death.

Only days after allegedly burning his friend to death for his life savings, an Auckland man used the money to pay off his court fines.

A police officer has suffered injuries to his entire body after a man assaulted the officer then set his dog on him outside a Winz office.

Moscow police were yesterday hunting for the killers of Boris Nemtsov, the Russian opposition politician who was gunned down in the shadow of the Kremlin's towers yesterday.

A man will appear in court today charged with the murder of a Whangamata man who was found dead earlier this month.

A nurse has been stabbed while visiting a mental health patient in South Auckland.

Police are following “positive leads” in locating a person who shot a man dead in Hamilton today.

A man has been arrested after a violent incident in Kingsland tonight.

A Hamilton man has admitted the murder of his 8-month-old son after fighting the charge since his arrest last year.

Survivors of the Copenhagen synagogue attack talk about how the night unfolded.

Perth police have launched a homicide investigation into the death of a 40-year-old Auckland man in a laneway yesterday.

A British man has been arrested for allegedly killing a German man he caught filming his young daughter at a Spanish holiday resort favoured by the rich and famous.

A third person has been arrested and charged in relation to the the death of a man in Taita, Lower Hutt last week.