Jury retires in kidnap case
A jury is deciding whether a Christchurch drilling boss who detained two thieves caught siphoning fuel did so legally and with reasonable force.
A jury is deciding whether a Christchurch drilling boss who detained two thieves caught siphoning fuel did so legally and with reasonable force.
Christchurch jurors waiting for a trial to begin are rudely interrupted by a woman who burst into the jury room and locked herself in the toilet.
A man told police he had no idea how $5000 came to be deposited in his Kiwibank account but he had spent most of it, the Dunedin District Court heard yesterday.
A shopkeeper has described his terrifying ordeal as a pair of armed robbers pointed a gun at his head.
New Zealanders lost more than $4.4 million to internet scams in the last year as cyber criminals became better organised, more resourceful and turned to blackmail.
Three young people could be heard urging a terrified man to come outside and talk to them before they smashed their way into his home and killed a 12-week-old puppy.
A mother of four who burgled her neighbour's home has been given community work and a stern telling off for her actions.
Three teenagers have been referred to the police youth aid service in relation to a brazen theft from a Wellington cafe after Sunday's magnitude 6.5 earthquake.
Thieves have found a new way to steal petrol and have been targeting cars in upmarket Auckland areas in a month-long crime wave.
A Wellington cafe which was struck by brazen thieves after the magnitude 6.5 earthquake has been flooded with messages, calls and emails about the "low-life" offenders.
Brazen thieves made off with a safe containing cash from a cafe in one of Wellington's landmark downtown buildings.