The release of a man suspected of several abductions of young women in Ireland has caused a frenzy of fear among locals.

Legislative roadblocks hindering the efficient operation of public-private partnerships are being removed, writes Michael Weatherall.

Fund manager Peter Coman says the PIP Fund is interested in investing in the new Wiri prison public-private partnership but not if it includes managing prisoners as part of the package.

Our transtasman neighbour has the jump on us when it comes to public-private partnerships, writes Graeme Hunt.

Broke and desperate, Tania Aziz devised a plan to seriously injure her boss. With him in hospital, she could take over his kebab shop lease.

The man convicted of killing teenager Liam Ashley four years ago has been found guilty of kidnapping, threatening to kill and assault with an offensive weapon.

Notorious double murderer Graeme Burton has been caught with a knife in his prison cell - sparking a prison security investigation.

Louise Nicholas says she just wants to move on and wishes the former police officer who handled her sex case would too.

NZ sailor Kerry Hamill, tortured and killed in a Cambodian jail, can never be laid to rest but his brother Rob was yesterday able to see the man responsible for his death jailed.

Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch, who participated in the torture and killing of Kiwi Rob Hamill's brother, Kerry, is sentenced to 35 years jail.

Today, a court in Cambodia will deliver its verdict on the man who ran Phnom Penh's Tuol Sleng jail.

New Zealand's worst youth offenders will get million-dollar beds in the country's newest youth prison.