Taleban hang seven-year-old boy accused of spying - report
The Taleban has reportedly hanged a seven-year-old boy accused of being a spy for US forces.
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Skinner guilty of murdering policeman
John Skinner, 38, and Iain Clegg, 36, denied murdering Sergeant Don Wilkinson and attempting to murder another police officer.
Witness describes murder accused's state on night of killing
Eric Smail was drunk and in an "angry, pessimistic state" on the night he killed his paralysed friend, a psychiatrist told court today.
Husband faces wife's accused killer in court
Dev Sangha glared at the suspected killer of his wife as the two saw each other for the first time since Ravneet Sangha's death.
Jury sent home for night in Wilkinson murder trial
The jury will continue deliberating the fate of the men accused of killing undercover police officer Sergeant Don Wilkinson in the morning.
Tauranga murder accused named
The man accused of killing Ravneet Sangha can be named for the first time.
'Money motive' feared in BoP killings
An Indian man fears money was the motive for the killing of his wife and daughter in Tauranga.
US accused a medical student at Auckland
Eight months ago, Christine DeVaux was studying medicine in Auckland - now the 38-year-old American is in custody in the US.
Taser accused 'good student'
The New Zealand medical student accused of attacking a pregnant woman with a Taser in the United States was a good student, say sources.
Murder accused tells of kiss after cutting friend's throat
Eric Neil Smail is accused of killing the paralysed friend for whom he acted as a caregiver.
Tearful woman recounts fatal fall
A witness to a bridge-swinging event where an 18-year-old student fell to her death broke down in tears while giving evidence in court today.
Toddler's skull like smashed glass, jury told
A toddler who died after receiving a serious head injury had a skull which looked like "smashed glass", a court has heard.
Armed fugitive caught
A man believed to be armed with several weapons has surrendered to police in Morrinsville.
NZ student tasers pregnant woman
A NZ medical student who used a Taser to shock a nine-month pregnant woman, causing her to go into labour, has been charged with attempted first-degree murder in the US.
Family left in 'safe care of friend'
Dev Sangha left his wife and child in the safe care of a man who has been charged with murder, a friend said yesterday.
Li murder accused was close to victim
A man accused of murdering Kiko Jiayi Li was known to the family as one her best friends, and they tried to contact him after she vanished.
NZ student charged after Taser attack on pregnant woman
A NZ medical student who used a Taser to repeatedly shock a woman nearly nine months pregnant has been charged with attempted first-degree murder in the US.