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'Grave danger': Man who beat friend with skateboard claims self-defence
The teen also told his pregnant partner he would give her a "homemade abortion".
The teen also told his pregnant partner he would give her a "homemade abortion".
The botch-up led to a murder trial of three men being aborted.
Mortgage broker obtained home loans through false documents.
The man has been denied parole 14 times since he was jailed in 1993.
The ex-cop, now a lawyer, coerced the victim to file a false affidavit.
Drakie died and Duckie was badly injured after being attacked by a dog.
Adrian Humphreys was fatally stabbed while camping at the remote site.
The teen couple were accused of grabbing Connor Boyd as they drove off.
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Details of the court action are murky.
The teacher spent two weeks in hospital with multiple injuries after the January shooting.
The woman drifted in and out of consciousness and tried to push him away.
Whānau concluded the inquest with moving waiata, haka and karakia.
Jurors rejected Susana Leota-Lu's claim the 94 stab wounds were in self-defence.
The four youths were aged 13 and 14.
Victim told court: 'I was only a little child when everything happened.'
Douglas Roake shot two women during a horrific home invasion, and robbed six pubs.
Jurors found the former gang president guilty last night of murdering a prospect.
The judge said a community-based sentence was insufficient but then gave her exactly that.
But Raniera Turner will likely be out of jail by Christmas due to time already served.
The plumber's failings revolved around his lack of supervision of a subcontractor.
Cars, a trampoline, teddy bears, stones and eggs were used in the dispute between pair.
Herald reveals taxpayers footed triple murderer's $700K - and rising - legal aid bill.
Defendants tell court they were scared of victim on night of tragedy.
Church was the only NZ faith-based institution to legally challenge involvement in probe.
He was drinking while on his way home from a 'stressful' day at work when he hit the teen.
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"Reserve land would be at risk of being washed away, so the public would be the loser."
'Everything was just a mess,' the murder defendant testified in court today.