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Killer's jaw drops as guilty verdict is read
"I just wanted her to shut up," said Gordon Hieatt of the events that led to his prostitute girlfriend's murder.
Man guilty of prostitute girlfriend's murder
The man charged with murdering his girlfriend and living with her corpse for more than three weeks has been found guilty.
Murder victim's mother cried until she was paralysed
The mother of murder victim Yi Ren cried so much after her daughter's death she deprived her brain of oxygen and was paralysed.
Man admits botched burglary murder
Friends and family wept and held up photos of a murdered Christchurch woman as her killer pleaded guilty today.
Hunter pleads guilty to teacher's manslaughter
A hunter who fatally shot school teacher Rosemary Ives has admitted her manslaughter.
Woman wants sailors kept in Navy despite attack
A woman whose family was terrorised by two drunken sailors says she does not want to see the men thrown out of the New Zealand Navy.
Man who almost got away with neighbour's murder
Wayne Reid almost got away with murder when he crept into his elderly neighbour's unit and strangled her with a towel.
Victim defends drunken Navy men
A Nelson woman whose family was terrorised by two drunken sailors wants to meet them face-to-face, and says they should not be thrown out of the Navy.
Man guilty of murdering neighbour
Wayne John Reid had been accused of killing Beryl Campbell in her west Auckland unit in 2008.
New charge for man who accidentally shot teacher
A manslaughter charge has been laid against the man who shot and killed 25-year-old schoolteacher Rosemary Ives last month.