A man who shook, smothered and repeatedly punched a 5-month-old baby has been sentenced to just over three years in prison.

Fallen Chinese politician tries to discredit former top aide as unreliable witness.

Bo Xilai, formerly one of the most powerful and charismatic men in Chinese politics, has admitted that his wife left him because he cheated on her.

The detective in charge of the investigation into the death of Javed Mills has told families who have not seen their missing loved ones to get in touch with police.

James Cooper has been found not guilty of the 2009 murder of Javed Mills but guilty of his manslaughter.

David Bain has been denied access to documents linked to a report into compensation for wrongful imprisonment.

The record of a high-profile figure will remain untarnished and his name will stay secret - despite admitting assaulting his young son.

His son was shot four times in a matter of seconds - once to his arm, knocking him to the floor, then twice in the back, and once in the head - and the man who pulled the trigger has walked free.

A diminutive middle-aged monk was bashed unconscious and left in handcuffs during a violent robbery at a monastery.

Danielle Cameron remembers her friends showing up laden with presents for her 10th birthday at the L&P cafe in Paeroa.

The daughter of a man fatally stabbed during a confrontation at a Mt Albert mansion said her father's life was "cruelly and unjustly taken from him".

A businessman has been sentenced to four years in prison for manslaughter after a fatal stabbing at his Auckland mansion.

The teen arrested over the death of a homeless man in Auckland will have his name kept secret for a while longer despite strong opposition from police and the victim's family.

New tests will be carried out by police and forensic scientists on the gun used in the Bain family murders next week.

Justice Minister Judith Collins' staff sought to stop a judge appointed to independently review David Bain's compensation case from "going completely feral".

The teenager accused of a vicious assault on homeless man Edwin Linder was on bail at the time of the attack.

A Hamilton pizza delivery driver was struck with a metal bar in the face and again as he tried to crawl away from his assailant as he was on the ground.

The family of homeless man Edwin Linder wept in court as they faced the teenager charged with an assault that led to his death.

A 12-year-old girl clutching a baseball bat confronted a man as he brutally assaulted the girl's mother, telling him to stop.

Homeless man Edwin Linder survived life on the dangerous streets of South Africa, and a near-fatal beating in Sydney, before he settled in Auckland's CBD.