Police accused of framing Arthur Allan Thomas were never charged because the Govt's top legal adviser said there was not enough evidence.

Fears of a new Ripper-style serial killer have gripped the English city of Bradford.

A 42-year-old Feilding man entered no plea in court today after last night being charged with the murder of Wanganui woman Marice McGregor.

Murder accused John Skinner said he fired shots at Sergeant Don Wilkinson because he thought Mr Wilkinson was "reaching for something to harm him with", a jury has heard.

An Australian man has been arrested over the alleged murder of his multi-millionaire drinking buddy after a manhunt characterised by Keystone Cops-style blunders.

A man has been formally charged after allegedly fighting his partner for car keys on a night of drinking before driving and killing a solo mother.

The man convicted of the 2008 rape and murder of Christchurch schoolgirl Marie Davis says it could not be proved he murdered her.

A high-profile public servant acquitted of hitting his teen son was given permanent suppression of his name and occupation today.

A tetraplegic whose throat was cut as he watched TV did not agree with his killer that he wanted to die, a court has heard.

Napier police are hunting a "skinny" Maori man wearing dark pants and a blue hoodie after a dairy owner was stabbed this morning.