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.

The man accused of burning his friend to death sent him a text message a week after, saying whoever committed the murder "deserves to be in jail for good".

Two Auckland men accused of burning a 21-year-old man to death over his life savings used nearly $25,000 within 48 hours of the alleged murder, a court has heard.

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.

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.

The mother of slain model Reeva Steenkamp, shot dead by Oscar Pistorius on Valentine's Day 2013, is due to share her daughter's story with Kiwis.

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.

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.

A man has been arrested and charged after a 39-year-old man was killed in Lower Hutt last night.

"You can't compensate for the loss of a child, but there were so many expenses the Government doesn't seem to understand." Sophie Elliot's father speaks out.

A homeless man will spend at least 12 years in jail for murdering his mate in a central Auckland park after they fought over a free pizza.

"All I saw was blood," said a horrified neighbour who watched as a man was hit with a golf club and then repeatedly kicked while he lay on the ground yesterday.