
Man's sentence for fatally shaking son too short - mother
"I can never forgive him", said Adam Lock's former partner, after the 22-year-old was jailed for shaking their baby son to death.
"I can never forgive him", said Adam Lock's former partner, after the 22-year-old was jailed for shaking their baby son to death.
Accused murderer Brad Callaghan is the father of a new baby boy. Callaghan appeared in court last week charged with murdering his former partner Carmen Thomas, with whom he has a son.
Police have withdrawn a charge of being a party to the murder of Raymond Piper against the teenage son of a man who has admitted the killing.
A year after an attack that killed her friend and left her at death's door, the Christchurch nurse is smiling and thankful she is still alive.
Two cars were the focus of the Carmen Thomas murder inquiry yesterday as police door-knocked homes on her accused killer's street.
Child, Youth and Family has admitted it did not carry out checks before letting a family resume caring for its baby two days before it drowned in a bathtub.
A Coroner has asked MPs to consider changing gun laws after an inquest into the death of a 17-year-old who was accidentally shot by his friend.
A post-mortem on the body of Raymond Piper, which police recovered from bush yesterday, has revealed he died of stab wounds to the chest.
Police investigating Carmen Thomas' murder are now awaiting the results of forensic tests on three properties and a building site.
The mother of missing woman Carmen Thomas wants to take her grandson Jack to South Africa - but she may face a legal fight to get him there. Jack is believed to be living with his father's family.
The sister of murdered Paraparaumu man Raymond Piper says the family are relieved his body appears to have been found today, four months after he went missing.
Police today found "odd-shaped" bits of concrete at the building site that is the focus of the Carmen Thomas murder inquiry.
A man with bloodstained clothing was seen leaving the home of murdered mum Carmen Thomas two days after she was last seen alive.
Homicide police were back at a central Auckland building site at first light today, digging deeper in their search for clues into the death of Auckland mother Carmen Thomas.
A boat belonging to a friend of murder accused Brad Callaghan has been taken by police for forensic testing.
Search teams spent the day at the bottom of a hole in a central Auckland building site, dredging and sifting through bucket loads of grey water and rubble, in the search for clues as to the whereabouts of Carmen Thomas' body.
Teresa Lewis, 41, was put to death for hiring two men to kill her husband and stepson in October 2002. Photos / AP
The man accused of killing two passengers when he crashed while fleeing police in the Auckland suburb of Onehunga can now be named.
A female skydiver goes on trial today accused of the mid-air murder of her close friend and alleged love rival.
Search and rescue staff were this morning lowered down a hole at the central Auckland building site where the man charged with the murder of Auckland escort Carmen Thomas worked.