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'Spiritual healer' jailed for sex assaults gets early release despite lack of insight
Sonny Chin maintained touching his clients indecently was part of the healing process.
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Strong wind predictions cause more fire concerns for Los Angeles and firefighters are expected to be battling Coromandel vegetation fire for several days. Video / NZ Herald, AFP
Teen mobster involved in murder lied to avoid jail, now he’s rejected early parole
Tana Ormsby-Turner has assaulted inmates and racked up misconducts while inside.
'They probably see me as a monster:' Murderer reflects on drug-induced rage killing
Joseph Rota strangled Wellington hairdresser Huri King-Mosen in a jealous rage.
Parole hearing for man who killed Connor Morris ends in tears
Michael Murray killed Morris with a sickle during a West Auckland street fight.
Gang member in jail for murder: 'It sucks we get associated with people who do crime'
Joel Lo helped beat a man to death in an unprovoked attack in 2012.
Deportee behind 17-hour sex attack will clock up at least 20 years in prison
The high-risk offender didn't even bother attending his latest Parole Board hearing.
Cricket bat killer explains 'disgusting act' 12 years on
Man who bashed stepdad to death finally offers some insight.
Drugs and 'macho mentality': What a man who fatally shot undercover cop told parole hearing
John Skinner has been denied parole for the 2008 murder of Sergeant Don Wilkinson.
'My life was a lie': Paedophile teacher's shocking admission
One of New Zealand's worst child sex offenders has been refused parole for a second time.
Corrections 'breakdown' contributed to woman's murder by paroled ‘psychopath’
Coroner makes extensive recommendations after 'preventable' murder of Chch woman.
'Cold-blooded act of killing:' Elderly Triad assassin to remain behind bars
Wan Yee Chow gunned down a gang enforcer outside an Auckland karaoke bar in 2005.
Killer who beat man to death with a wheel brace was full of 'righteous anger'
Peter Holmes murdered Jamie Ellis after hearing he had allegedly abused a woman.
Victim's mother - 'I’m just livid': Why a man is appealing his murder sentence 22 years later
He murdered a young pregnant stranger by stabbing her 15 times.
'Send the boys over': Tribesman who murdered 'police nark' fights prison recall
Lenin Lazarus fatally shot Shane Hohepa at a patching party at the gang's headquarters.
Inside story: When police took down the Comanchero hierarchy
Exclusive book extract on how detectives investigated the Comancheros motorcycle gang.
'A very practiced liar and deceiver': Scepticism as former Dilworth housemaster vows to be truthful
Sexual predator Ian Wilson has been declined parole for a fourth time.
Disgraced real estate agent, convicted fraudster risks prison recall after alleged parole breach
The Parole Board will decide Aaron Drever's fate when it meets next month.
'I slipped through the cracks': Parole Board repeatedly botches rape victim notification
Parole Board apologises after sex offender released on parole without victim’s knowledge.
Portuguese middle man to be deported for role in $27m cocaine plot
Carlos Ferreria-Sampaio was sentenced to five years and two months' jail.
Parole refused for one of NZ's most dangerous killers
The Herald reveals more information about NZ's most dangerous killers.
'Likely there will be another victim': Journalist's high-risk killer set for prison release
Nicho Waipuka's reason for the fatal beating was that he was 'just young, I guess'.
Behind bars: Man who stabbed his neighbour to death says he's learnt to be patient
“They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, perhaps that’s not true.”
Tokoroa teacher killer 'happy to die' in prison as he goes before parole board
The man who killed Tokoroa teacher Lois Dear has applied for parole for the first time.
New police investigation into infamous prison escapee and murderer Phillip John Smith
He was jailed for life in 1995 for murdering the father of a boy he sexually abused.
Woman brutally attacked slams justice system after not learning of abuser's release
The woman received a formal written notice three days before her attacker was released.
Parole for mum who used 5-year-old as ‘sexual plaything’ after 4 years in prison
The woman will be released having served three years and 11 months behind bars.