The identity of the man accused of bludgeoning gangland murderer Carl Williams to death has been revealed.

A convicted murderer who stabbed Auckland RSA triple-killer William Bell in the eye has avoided an indefinite prison sentence.

The governor of Schapelle Corby's Bali jail is jeopardising a major cut to her sentence with claims she is faking a mental illness.

A Nigerian drug smuggler who fooled immigration officials to get a job as a hospital psychiatrist was yesterday jailed for 16 months.

Inmate Latu Kepu has been sentenced to six years and four months for the manslaughter of a Waikato prison guard.

A Hastings teenager jailed for assaulting his mother told police they had made his life hell and he would become the next Jan Molenaar.