Machete wielder's risky escape causes motorway chaos after $260k jewellery heist
He drove on the wrong side of the motorway with lights off while trying to shake police.
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The motorcyclist accepts he caused the couple's deaths but argues it isn't manslaughter.
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‘Excessive self-defence’: NZ musician sentenced for biting ex-girlfriend
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Notorious criminal Dean Wickliffe released from prison, stops hunger strike
The 77-year-old prisoner has been on a hunger strike for over two weeks.
Labour reserves judgment on Govt’s caps to sentencing discounts
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Quadruple shooting: Judge notes teen’s ‘troubling mindset’ after one killed, three injured
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Drug-driving testing legislation passes despite concerns
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The victim went into his bedroom to get changed and saw the man in his wardrobe.
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A technical failure in the court resulted in the trial not being recorded or transcribed.
Extremist attack: Man sentenced in brutal YouTuber assassination plot
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Judge Sainsbury called the images 'truly disturbing and grotesque'.
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Marty Wood was killed by a truck driver who drove through a stop sign.
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‘Release me without conditions’: Prison hunger striker tells supporters he’s prepared to die
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High-rise horror: Owners of wrecked upmarket apartments to walk away
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The 61-year-old wrongly believed he was in a relationship with the woman.
Deadlocked: Jurors unable to decide if woman’s deadly leap from moving car was caused by partner
Jurors deliberated an unusually long 37 hours over nearly a week.