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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.
Attempted abduction of two schoolgirls
There has been an attempted abduction of two young girls from Hill Park school in Manurewa, in south Auckland, this morning.