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Two arrested on assault and kidnap charges
Two men have been charged with kidnapping, assault with a weapon and aggravated robbery after an incident in Rotorua last week.
Girl abducted and raped
A teen was abducted from a street in a small Hawke's Bay town and driven to a remote field where she sexually assaulted by two masked men.
Woman admits making up rape claim
A Christchurch teenager made a false rape complaint because she liked the attention, a court has heard.
Baby snatch woman admits sentence breach
A woman given 250 hours of community service after attempting to kidnap a baby has twice admitted to not doing the work.
Woman drugged kidnapper to flee, court told
A gang member is accused of kidnapping and raping a woman who says she was able to escape after drugging his coffee with codeine.
Women jailed after brutal kidnapping ordeal
Two women have been jailed after they forced an 82-year-old to drive around in her own car and used her bank card to get cash.
South Korean navy catches up to hijacked supertanker
A South Korean navy destroyer has caught up to a supertanker carrying about US$160m of oil believed to have been hijacked by Somali pirates.
Drug-debt heavies admit kidnap, assault
A customer who ran up a $5500 drug debt was kidnapped, beaten and forced to hand over his car by the "heavies" employed to collect the money.