The lawyer representing the man accused of a hit-and-run murder says he intended only to steal the victim's bag.

A 65-year-old woman is emerging from a coma after having a beer bottle thrown at her head from a passing car at the weekend.

A NZ doctoral student on trial in the US for murdering his wife told a psychiatrist he thought of the plan to kill her two days before the murder.

A businesswoman was run down and killed after she chased a thief who allegedly snatched her handbag, a court has heard.

The grieving family of three children killed by their father in Melbourne are fighting to have their bodies returned to NZ.

The Solicitor General is considering a request from Whangarei's crown prosecutor to appeal the sentence given to murdered schoolgirl Liberty Templeman's teen killer.

Australian police are offering a reward for information on a New Zealand woman who disappeared in Sydney 30 years ago.

A top international criminal profiler has thrown new light on the Kirsty Bentley murder case.

An Iraqi immigrant smashed up and set fire to his Auckland home before allegedly attacking several family members.

More than a decade after Scott Watson was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope, questions remain about the accuracy of his conviction.

A 24-year-old woman arrested after the fatal stabbing of a woman in Auckland last month now faces the more serious charge of murder.

Prosecutors trying Blazej Kot for his wife's murder are resisting attempts to introduce a mental illness related to anti-malaria medication as a defence.

The Chiefs have been spared another selection headache with Sione Lauaki available to play in their crucial clash with the Bulls after avoiding an NZRU-imposed suspension.

A 41-year-old Hokitika man has appeared in court to face a charge of murdering an elderly man found shot dead yesterday.