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![Police probe Katie Price's rape claim](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Police probe Katie Price's rape claim
Police have made contact with model Katie Price over claims that she was raped by an unnamed celebrity.
![Funeral tomorrow for Chch murder victim](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Funeral tomorrow for Chch murder victim
The Kenyan man killed in Christchurch at the weekend will be farewelled in a service tomorrow.
!['Appallingly bad' father jailed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'Appallingly bad' father jailed
A judge jails a man he calls 'an appallingly bad father' for assaulting and neglecting his children.
![Kenyan couple's children in care as police hunt husband](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Kenyan couple's children in care as police hunt husband
Jealousy over a new relationship might have prompted an attack that has left a man dead and a woman in an induced coma.
![Woman in coma as police hunt estranged husband](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Woman in coma as police hunt estranged husband
The injured woman found next to the body of a friend in Christchurch is in an induced coma, as police try to track down her estranged husband.
![Victims have say at Weatherston sentencing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Victims have say at Weatherston sentencing
"I hope her screams of agony ring in your ears, as they do mine ...' - Sophie Elliott's family address her killer in court.
![Mother hopes 'screams of agony' haunt Weatherston](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Mother hopes 'screams of agony' haunt Weatherston
Sophie Elliott's mother says her daughter's "unbelievable screams of pain" will live with her forever.
![Father guilty of manslaughter - not guilty of baby's murder](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Father guilty of manslaughter - not guilty of baby's murder
Three-month-old Sarah Haddock-Woodcock was found dead in her parents home in 2005, with broken ribs, fractured skull and other wounds.
![Napier siege inquest early next year](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Napier siege inquest early next year
A formal inquest into the Napier siege deaths of policeman Len Snee and gunman Jan Molenaar will be held early next year.
![Weatherston's remorse 'nonsense' - Elliott's dad](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Weatherston's remorse 'nonsense' - Elliott's dad
Sophie Elliott's father Gil says the family wanted a longer sentence after Clayton Weatherston was jailed for at least 18 years for murder.
![Manhunt launched after body found](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Manhunt launched after body found
An international man-hunt has begun after the body of a dead man and a "badly injured" woman were found in a Christchurch house.