Costly deception: Man’s crime spree with former bosses’ fuel cards, accounts
Judge: He took advantage of the kindness of a former employer and then stole from them.
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Three men raped her. She was in pain, felt powerless, 'frozen' and too afraid to resist.
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Bullied prisoner slashes another inmate's face with razor from eye to chin
Reihana Cooper tied makeshift weapons to his hands before the attack.
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The attack stopped only after the bat split in two.
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'I felt like I failed her': Father haunted by preschool daughter's abuse
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‘You stole his childhood’: Teen hitchhiker followed to playground and sexually preyed upon
The judge had 'never seen anyone less remorseful' than the offender.
Suppressed details of abuse victims published on Justice website in ‘serious’ privacy breach
A mass audit of thousands of decisions is now under way after the privacy slip-up.
Social media influencer outed as serial sex offender
The former socialite had maintained suppression despite having been in prison since 2022.
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The girl's mother chose to stand by her partner, who was jailed for 11 years.
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'Spiritual healer' jailed for sex assaults gets early release despite lack of insight
Sonny Chin maintained touching his clients indecently was part of the healing process.
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Neil Cameron's fight involved the Tenancy and Disputes Tribunals and the district court.
Violence convictions quashed after judge proceeded with trial despite witnesses' absence
A witness alleged gang members threatened her life; the High Court overturns convictions.
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'A blip': Man's defence for indecent assault on waitress
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'Debtor is unable to pay:' One man’s two-year battle to reclaim $22k paid for work never done
'If they had the power this whole process could have been wrapped up fairly quickly.'
'Desperate, greedy': Dream wedding prompted bride-to-be's $61k Briscoes swindle
The church youth group volunteer avoided jail but not a conviction.
From legal battle to baby joy at 52: Couple who took on GJ Gardner can now move on
'The cloud's lifted. It's the first step in moving on', says Mark Chamberlain.
Young murderers: The cycle of violence and neglect revealed
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Verbal abuse, intimidation and brawls: Courtroom chaos as violence escalates
Court violence surges with 450 assaults in five years; security breaches under scrutiny.
1000 crimes in nine months: Email swindler targeted vulnerable, elderly, 'technologically illiterate'
Jordan Hall was awaiting trial for $179k in thefts when he defrauded IRD of $138k.
'It just kept dragging on': Frustrations with growing backlog of judge-alone trials
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Man made his own bullets, 3D-printed guns while under protection order
The guns he printed were called FGC-9s, short for "f*** gun control".
Officers seize more than 22,000 banned items from people walking into court
Knives, homemade tasers and knuckledusters were among seized items.
'Confused and unsophisticated': How a comedy of errors dashed a $2.5m liquid meth plot
The plan to retrieve the drug, hidden inside shock absorbers, needed some work.
$340,000 missing: Gambling addict Auckland property manager sentenced for fraud
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