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Cheque refund scam

Counting cost of crime and how to reduce it

QC to investigate naming of sex abuse victims

A Queen's Counsel will carry out an investigation into the publication of the names of two sexual abuse victims on a Ministry of Justice website.

Government to deal with high-risk reoffenders

A woman raped by Malcolm George Chaston long before he fulfilled his boasts to kill is angry the predator was able to go on hurting others.

Judge: Breach was court's fault

The Chief High Court Judge, Justice Helen Winkelmann, says the court failed to note suppression rules on a judgement which led to two sexual abuse victims being named on the Ministry of Justice website.

Independent reviewer to look at suppression breach

An independent reviewer is to be appointed to look into the accidental publishing of two sexual abuse victims' names on the Ministry of Justice website.

Judge could have been behind victims' naming - Power

The accidental publishing of two sexual abuse victims' names may have been the fault of a judge and not a clerical error as earlier thought, Justice Minister Simon Power says.

Sex abuse lapse may affect other victims, says Labour

<i>Deborah Coddington</i>: Mob rule has no place in hallowed justice system

Police spend $2m on informers

Police paid criminal narks nearly $2 million in the past five years.

Law change stops lawyers' big payouts from public purse

Radical changes to the legal aid system will put an end to taxpayers paying defence lawyers up to $900,000 a year.

Vandals hit town on eve of games

Govt says no to Bain deal offer

Crime hits mostly at the poor and brown

Greymouth IRD jobs to go

Update 100-year-old law, says SFO