A violent sex offender spoke openly while behind bars of wanting to hurt women and "become famous", prison officers said.

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 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.

The man accused of murdering Carmen Thomas faces 132 witness statements, 19,000 pages of evidence and CDs containing bugged phone conversations.

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.