Two men accused of setting Auckland man Shalvin Prasad on
fire allegedly filled two containers of petrol on the night
of the murder, according to police.
A former hillside mansion which once commanded one of the
most priceless views in Christchurch has been demolished in
an emergency operation today after fears it could topple down
a cliff.
West Coast historian Les Wright built a bivvy after getting
lost in bush in the King Country, but then appears to have
slipped to his death, according to his brother.
A man charged with an alleged attack that left a man in his
50s hospitalised for over a week called police and said the
victim needed to be taken to the police cells to "think about
what he had done", a court has heard.
