manslaughter

Police have charged an Auckland man with the manslaughter of his friend who was shot dead with an airgun during a drinking session.

A 22-year-old Kapiti man has been charged with manslaughter after a fatal crash on State Highway 1 near Paekakariki on Monday night.

A woman has been charged with manslaughter following the death of a 54-year-old man in Invercargill in June.

A Kaingaroa Forest man who savagely beat his partner after finding her on their bed kissing another man has been jailed for her manslaughter.

A Bay of Plenty man accused of murdering his partner after finding her in bed being kissed by another man has had his plea to her manslaughter accepted at the High Court in Rotorua this morning.

Twenty-two-year-old Phillip Bruce Ray Bannan is in custody awaiting sentence in the High Court at Christchurch after admitting two deaths caused by his dangerous driving.

Bail has been refused for a 22-year-old driver now facing manslaughter charges for allegedly killing two people in a Christchurch crash after fleeing from a police traffic stop.

Two males arrested after a man died during a fight in south Auckland have had their charges upgraded from assault to manslaughter.

Two south Auckland caregivers who regularly assaulted an intellectually impaired woman, then left her without medical help for several days until she died, have been sentenced to a total of 23 years in jail.

A man described by a judge today as one of the last people he expected to see before him on a manslaughter charge may avoid a jail term.