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Wanted for dangerous driving, man misses 24th call to court

The court has called Gaimhreadhan O'Coileain's case 24 times; now it is up to a JP.

'I was going to die': Officer recounts 'lowest point' after ex-TV star swerved to hit him with stolen SUV

Matthew Saunoa was sentenced to six years and seven months’ imprisonment for the crime.

Bungled boundary: Court resolves bitter feud between neighbours

Neighbour will have to pay $5000 for 25 square metre piece of land.

'Beaten up and strangled': Dad confronts man who attacked teen daughter in family home

The judge told Quinton Ohlson he was 'literally the thing that goes bump in the night'.

Fallen Idol: Ex-TV star's identity revealed, appears in court after hitting cop with car

An officer was hospitalised with serious injuries after being hit by a stolen car.

Two companies sentenced after fatal Weka Pass crash that killed popular boat skipper

Julian Bruins Yates, 52, a skipper for Black Cat Cruises was killed in the crash.

'I thought you were going to kill me': Man choked sex worker into unconsciousness

'I was banged up and bruised up, and I had these panic attacks for about six weeks after'.

High voltage: Man frustrated with stock trucks moved fence and network power wires outside house

The man would have been handling live wires if the power had been turned back on.

Man on family violence charges has a “defiant, hostile, victim-blaming” attitude

His name was suppressed, partly at the request of his victim who wants to move on.

'Arrogant and disrespectful': Businessman guilty of rape

The jury heard he stopped his meds, was opposing Covid-19 mandates and went 'crazy'.

'Your heart is so rotten': Victims, parents confront teacher who made hundreds of illicit videos

Malcolm Ross Davidson pleaded guilty to nearly 200 individual charges.

'Obsessive': Tinder match put spyware on woman's phone, blackmailed her for sex

When he used her phone to order pizza, he took the chance to download the spy app.

'I just shot the pigs': Mother's message to ram-raiding sons fleeing police

Woman planned to divert police by doing a shooting, so her kids could avoid arrest.

From pork roasts in her handbag to $10k in Facebook fraud: A woman's trail of deceit

Over more than a year, she created countless victims through her offending.

Detainee found unconscious after misusing unlabelled medication police gave him

Officers didn't know what was in the medication bottle but gave it to him anyway.

'These animals were suffering': Nearly half of farmer's 800 cows were neglected

One bull was in such bad condition that MPI directed the farmer to euthanise the animal.

Cops scour new areas in hunt for missing real estate agent

Yanfei Bao was last seen alive on July 19.

'Serious attitude adjustment needed': Judge warns youth

The judge warned the 18-year-old he was looking at five years in prison.