Olinale Ah You committed a series of assaults right up to when he brutally killed 80-year-old Yan Ping Yang.

A man is found guilty of murdering a Chinese grandmother who was punched, kicked and stomped during a home invasion.

A murder trial has been given a rare chance to hear from the victim "beyond the grave", a court has heard.

Three police officers have been stood down for an alleged assault on a prisoner.

Sleep deprived, pregnant and 'overwhelmed' by caring for three young children, Sasha Pene begged a social worker for help.

A 25-year-old man will appear in court today charged with attacking a police officer in Ngaruawahia.

A police officer knocked unconscious at a call-out last night has barely any memory of the attack, say police.

A former NZ student turned Ivy League scholar who murdered his new bride will serve his prison sentence in the US.

A US jury has found a NZ doctoral student guilty of slashing his wife's throat and setting their home ablaze to destroy evidence.

Advanced DNA tests led police to solve the nine-year-old murder case of Marie Jamieson.

The murder of former Melbourne crime boss Carl Williams has opened a new can of worms.

A co-author of the original Underbelly books says Carl Williams began a "chain of violence" that ended with his own death yesterday.

Seven years passed before police could match a DNA sample to Joseph Reekers.