In part five of his series on 2009's big trials, Andrew Koubaridis revisits the night Tony Worrell drove into Katie Powles.

A spurned woman poisoned her former lover and his new fiancee by lacing their curry with an ancient poison, the Old Bailey heard yesterday.

A woman who suffered serious fractures and cuts to her face in a home invasion early today was not the victim of a random attack, police say.

Court reporter Andrew Koubaridis looks at the case of Nai Yin Xue in the latest in his week-long series on the big trials of last year

An inquiry has been launched after a mental health worker was stabbed, kicked and had boiling water thrown over her by a patient.

Australia's fragile relations with India have taken another serious blow.

A number of high-profile trials captured public attention during 2009. First up, court reporter Andrew Koubaridis revisits the Bain retrial.

Christchurch's so-called 'house of horrors' has been demolished following an arson attack this morning.

Police tried in vain to save the life of a 30-year-old woman at Ruakaka, south of Whangarei, after she was stabbed last night.

A man arrested in connection with the shooting of an Auckland police officer has been given bail.

Police are looking for two men in connection with an assault on a Dunedin woman.

A Dunedin woman suffered facial injuries after she was twice assaulted overnight.

Injured police officer Jeremy Snow is itching to get out of his hospital bed and back to his police work.