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Policeman to blame for man's death - Crown
A police officer allegedly beat up a man in the back of a patrol car who was subsequently fatally injured in a street accident.
A police officer allegedly beat up a man in the back of a patrol car who was subsequently fatally injured in a street accident.
The trial of Pol Pot's most notorious lieutenant ended this week.
A believer in Scott Watson's innocence plans to reinterview key witnesses in the case of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope.
A man has been arrested and charged with assault after a woman's body was found in a Bay of Plenty house.
Parliament's repeal of the use of provocation as a partial defence for murder does not have widespread support from the legal community.
The defence of provocation, which can be used to reduce murder to manslaughter, has been abolished.
Hundreds of people broke into haka as school principal Hawea Vercoe was buried yesterday, after his death outside a bar on Sunday.
The young age of two attackers convicted of the killing of an elderly retired man left police and the victim's family with a sense of disbelief.
Two teenage girls were found guilty today of murdering retired Opotiki school teacher John Rowe by beating him repeatedly with his own walking sticks.
Halatau Naitoko would have died instantly when accidentally shot by police, a forensic pathologist has told the coroner's inquest into his death.
Jurors trying two teenagers accused of murdering a retired teacher have been warned inaccurate transcriptions can lead to miscarriages of justice.
Gunman Stephen McDonald looked "possessed" as he led police to a motorway where they shot an innocent teenager dead, an inquest has heard.