Man jailed for part in fatal car boot kidnapping appeals conviction
Luigi Havea says he didn't testify at trial because he didn't want trouble from a gang.
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Black Power defence: Murder accused said endangering gang president akin to death warrant
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Man who killed flatmate by stomping on his head offered forgiveness
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Shallow grave murder case: Name suppression lapses for co-defendant charged five years after man vanished
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Sovereign citizen defence 'mumbo jumbo' and abuse of court process - judge
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Woman pleads not guilty to Manukau high-rise murder; suppression lapses for person who died
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Child sex offender claims rule that bans sexual activity between prisoners is discriminatory
Prisoners caught having sex in treatment unit can end up in solitary confinement.
Trial aborted for Auckland duo accused of shotgun ambush murder
Alec Junior Moala, 31, was killed in May 2021.
Lockdown stabbing: Auckland man pleads guilty to murder
John Tofu Ioane was stabbed to death during the first week of Auckland's Delta lockdown.
Rare post-prison restrictions for Killer Beez gang member who killed guard, stabbed inmates
Latu Kepu has attacked police officers, prison guards, pregnant women and fellow inmates.
Co-founder of popular NZ reggae band in prison for $1.8m tax evasion
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Wife accused of murder claimed husband 'beat the s*** out of me' days before killing
Alana Bamber and her cousin Joshua Morris-Bamber deny killing farm worker.
Identity revealed: Man accused of murdering uncle loses name suppression
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Killer offers 'deepest apology' to his victim's family, and to the Blenheim community.
Two more men appear in court charged with murder of David Kuka
Kuka was killed in February 2018, believed to be a case of mistaken identity.
Wife accused of murder feared infidelity, 'wanted to make him suffer', court hears
Woman and her cousin deny plotting to kill dairy farm worker.
Takapuna Beach rape trial: Defence says woman took sedative 'to get a buzz'
Lawyers cross-examined the woman at length on day two of the High Court trial.
Witness says he heard defendant's name prior to shotgun blasts, but was afraid to tell police
The defence suggested the witness made the detail up a week after the shooting.
Name suppression lapses for man accused of North Shore murder
Two men accused of causing the death of Kevin Patrick Hay, 50, have pleaded not guilty.
Takapuna Beach rape trial: 'I said no'
The men allegedly met the woman at a beach where they offered her a job - and a drink.
Murder defendant who denies shotgun attack confessed three times, Crown says
Before his death, Alec Moala was helping a woman who had been slapped, prosecutors say.
'A score to settle': Murder defendant stewed in jail for a year before revenge attempt, prosecutors say
Another man has already pleaded guilty to pulling the trigger that night.
Jury finds men guilty of manslaughter, not murder, for stranger's beating death
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Mongols gang pad murder trial: The pimp, his ex-lover, her patched dad, and the prospect
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One guilty of manslaughter, two acquitted in Mongols gang pad murder trial
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Revealed: Murderer of Christchurch mum of four committed knife rampage a decade earlier
'If he'd been in jail that lady would still be alive,' another attack victim says.
Ōtara baby death: Defendant's overseas parents fear banishment from village, court told
The defendant's mother said she fears villagers will burn her house down.
Eye surgeon denies attempted murder
Christchurch eye surgeon Ian Dallison denies attempted murder.