A neighbour of the man charged with the murder of Blessie Gotingco says the accused lived alone and only moved to the area a few months ago.

The public gallery in a West Auckland court had to be cleared today as a father and son pleaded not guilty to charges related to a fatal shooting in Ranui.

A man has accused of the murder of Blessie Gotingco has appeared in court this morning, and been granted name and image suppression by a judge.

The man accused of killing Auckland woman Blessie Gotingco has appeared in court this morning.

The three children of slain mother Blessie Gotingco were last night reunited with their father at their family home where a steady flow of relatives, friends and neighbours came to pay their respects.

The mother of trainee teacher would often worry her son would get into trouble on a night out, and today his killer was jailed for two years and four months.

We may never know why teenage gang member Mohammed Hussain was in rival territory after dark on 1 April last year - even with armed back-up waiting close by in the car.

A double shooting which left one man dead and one critically injured may have been the result of a neighbourhood feud, police say.

Turkeys Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan punched a man in a supermarket.

After a 27-day-old baby's dad stuck his finger down her throat, the young child almost drowned in her own blood as it poured from the wound.

A female jogger was attacked in Hamilton on Wednesday night and police are appealing for help to find the offenders.

The father of an Auckland schoolgirl strangled to death by her boyfriend is fronting an anti-violence group in a bid to save others.

Forty-two seconds was all it took to destroy an Auckland family. While the men responsible face years in prison, their victims will pay for the rest of their lives.

Police say a man repeatedly punched an officer in the face in front of his grandchildren during a stolen firearms raid this week.

A friend who was with Nicholas Heyward as he was gunned down in Argentina has detailed how she tried to help him, as two men are arrested over the attack.

After United States death row inmate Clayton Lockett on Wednesday took more than 40 minutes to die after an experimental lethal injection, here's a look at other execution cases which have attracted attention.

Mendoza police are reported to have detained one person suspected of involvement in the murder of a New Zealand tourist in Argentina.

A young referee king-hit by a rugby player - who has been banned from the sport for life - says he is counting the days until he can return to the sport he describes as his life.

A mother appeared in court today charged with the murder of three young disabled children.

As the dog lead tightened around her neck, Maxine Lozell feared she would die at the hands of her attackers.

A mother who provided round-the-clock care for her three severely disabled children was last night being questioned on suspicion of murdering them while they were alone together at their home.

A former ITM rugby player will face a judiciary hearing this week for punching a referee in the head during a club game.

A man has appeared in court in relation to a serious assault on a police officer on Thursday.

Stephen Dudley's grieving mother - who shot her husband while threatening to shoot herself - has today avoided penalty over the incident.