The story about the Blessie Gotingco case, which ran in an overseas publication, contained several comments that could result in the trial being aborted.

A pathologist found that Blessie Gotingco was stabbed in the neck so violently, links of her necklace embedded in the depths of the wound, a court has heard.

A woman has been sentenced to home detention and community work in relation to the death of a Lower Hutt man earlier this year.

A police crash expert told a court he believed Blessie Gotingco was hit by a car while she was walking along a suburban pavement.

A group of men who saw a young woman being attacked say they were so angry they had no qualms about chasing the attacker.

Gable Tostee, is accused of murdering Warriena Wright, who fell to her death from his 14th storey balcony last year, has lost his bid for early release on driving charges.

Two more people accused of murdering Wellington man Matthew Stevens have pleaded not guilty today.

A blue tarpaulin covers the backyard of a South Auckland house where a woman was allegedly stabbed to death last night.

A Taranaki man has pleaded guilty to murdering his mother - despite claiming no recollection of the killing.

A Ngahere man who almost strangled his mother after earlier assaulting his wife was this week sentenced to 11 months in jail.

Mrs Ellis faced court on Wednesday charged with the premeditated killing of her husband of 20 years, and explained that he was now "in heaven".

A Hamilton man cried as he was sentenced to life in prison with a 15 year minimum non parole period for murdering his eight-month-old son.

Two men chatted pleasantly with the two fishermen next to them on a wharf north of Auckland, unaware they were about to become their victims.

The man accused of killing an Upper Hutt mother and injuring three others in an axe attack late last year has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

Susan Burdett's brother wants police to reopen the inquiry into her murder in 1992.

Justice France will be remembered at the trial as the most brilliant legal mind on display.

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.

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.