Constable Jeremy Snow called out to a man hiding behind a tree in the dark. Minutes later he lay shot on the ground, bleeding profusely from a wound in his leg.

Constable Jeremy Snow called out to a man hiding behind a tree in the dark. Minutes later the officer lay shot on the ground, a court has been told.

Suppression orders have been lifted on Malcolm George Chaston's guilty plea to a charge of murdering Christchurch woman Vanessa Anne Pickering, whose body was found down a bank near Godley Head a year ago.

A British man on trial for the murder of his Scottish wife and the attempted murder of his Kiwi wife is described as 'strange'.

A defence lawyer's attempt to prevent Brad Callaghan's image being photographed in court has been thrown out by a judge.

A woman who partially blinded a Hawke's Bay policeman after kicking him in the head and eye in July last year has been jailed for more than six and a half years.

Anonymous tipsters responding to an appeal for information on a vandalism attack have given police new leads on the murder of Feilding farmer Scott Guy and police have reiterated that information will be treated in confidence.

A sentence of home detention for a bar owner who killed a patron is a "mockery" to the family, the victim's father says.

Going public today with images of graffiti found on murdered Manawatu farmer Scott Guy's house has led to a number of calls to police.

Police investigating the murder of farmer Scott Guy are pursuing a new lead linked to a vandalism attack on his Feilding property.

Members of the public wept in court today upon hearing a 3-year-old had over 80 marks or wounds when she died.

The man police accuse of murdering two people at a multi-million dollar Auckland mansion last month says he acted in self defence and "emphatically denies" murder charges, his lawyer says.