But the teen offender could hear the emergency call-taker and ended the call.

The fraudster has racked up more than 100 dishonesty convictions and countless victims.

Teenager was robbed by members of the Crips in a drug deal gone wrong.

Royce Duncan owed the Crown $1.5m earned from a large-scale drug-dealing operation.

He was 'yahooing' out his window before he drove through a red light and hit the woman.

'The appellant had many opportunities to tell the truth' - Justice Christine Grice.

“He couldn’t immediately divorce her, but nevertheless wanted to move on with a new life.”

He told the police, "I know it's not an excuse and what I did was wrong."

John Wood has been clamping cars for over a decade without a licence.

Rosemary Penwarden has been granted electronically monitored bail to her home in Dunedin.

William Sullivan made a false statement to WorkSafe investigators.

The jury heard evidence for a week, including testimony from a child.

The resort manager then trespassed the woman, who held mana whenua status.

The security guard needed costly reconstruction surgery afterwards.

Tanya Lieven was both the landlord and the realtor attempting to sell the property.

The 29-year-old already had convictions for unlawful hunting.

'My Dad found out and he wants to go to the police so u better stay away.'

Security guards and a police officer struggled for several minutes to regain control.

Now, 13 years on, a coroner will decide how Carmen Walker died during a medical procedure.

Judge: 'There was a real possibility you could have been shot by police.'

The jury heard closing arguments and will return on Monday to deliberate.

Kate Carter narrowly avoided jail for duping a Fonterra company out of more than $720k.

The man was described as "respectful" by his pastor but the judge disagreed.

Warrick Harris 'should have known better' when he trawled in the prohibited zone 19 times.

The mother of one victim was told he wasn't going to make it - he proved them wrong.

The man heated shears on a kitchen element then threatened to cut off the victim's toe.

'I have very real concerns that you don't appear to accept what you’ve done.'

One victim dead, one paralysed and one cannot remember the death of his girlfriend.

The number of complaints has almost doubled in the past five years.

The homeowner tried to take her life from the emotional stress caused by the poor work.