An off-duty police officer is in hospital after being seriously assaulted in Tuakau, south of Auckland.

A 16-year-old boy has been found guilty of murdering and indecently assaulting schoolgirl Liberty 'Libby' Templeman in November 2008.

The judge presiding over the Liberty Templeman murder trial says there may have to be a retrial if a verdict cannot be reached.

Two youths have admitted murder and manslaughter charges between them over the death of a Christchurch taxi driver.

In one of the highest levels of security seen in a court, a prison inmate had his hands shackled together and was surrounded by guards today.

Was Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency, behind the assassination in Dubai?

A 29-year-old mother faces a murder charge for leaving her 13-month-old baby in a bath.

A teenager accused of killing schoolgirl Liberty Templeman had to fend off repeated accusations of lying when he gave evidence yesterday.

A youth accused of the slaying of Liberty Templeman, 15, today began giving evidence in his own defence at the High Court in Whangarei.

Hundreds gathered at Christchurch Cathedral today to remember slain mother Vanessa Pickering.

The distraught parents of a slain schoolgirl fled the courtroom as a jury watched video footage of police interviews.

An Alabama university professor accused of fatally shooting three colleagues was twice questioned by criminal investigators years ago.

The teenaged boy accused of murdering Liberty Templeman is watching videos of himself being interviewed by police.