Crime

Frandi planned rape, suicide in 2000

Police at the home of Waimate man Jason Frandi. Photo by Simon Baker.

Frandi planned rape, suicide in 2000

Jason Frandi, after his arrest for the abduction of a young Oamaru woman 12 years ago, told police he had intended taking the victim to a forestry block to rape her and then kill himself.

Frandi on police radar

Police were hunting for convicted kidnapper Jason Frandi on Saturday, shortly before he is believed to have murdered a Czech tourist.

Dunedin bouncer stabbed in neck

An intoxicated teenager allegedly stabbed a bouncer in the neck with a screwdriver after the youth was refused entry into a Dunedin nightclub.

Illegal fish sale nets $3600 fine

A Queenstown sickness beneficiary was fined $3600 for "black market dealing in fish" by Judge Michael Turner in the Queenstown District Court yesterday.

Teen admits murder of retired Opotiki teacher

Teenager Lori-Lea Waiora Te Wini has pleaded guilty to the 2008 murder of a retired Opotiki schoolteacher, four days before her retrial was set to begin.

Million-dollar Hawkes Bay drug bust

An estimated $1 million worth of cannabis has been seized by police in Hawke's Bay.

Early morning petrol theft

An early morning petrol thief drove away from Frankton's Z petrol station without paying for $60 of fuel on Sunday.

Teen's crime spree sparked by synthetic cannabis

A bag of synthetic cannabis product. Photo by Rachael Comer.

Teen's crime spree sparked by synthetic cannabis

A crime spree by a Dunedin teenager was sparked by his synthetic cannabis habit, police say.

Drug bust accused again granted bail

One of the six people charged in relation to a Queenstown police drug operation last month appeared in the Queenstown District Court yesterday.

Man stabbed outside bar

The person who stabbed a man outside a Port Chalmers bar early yesterday remains at large.

Spanish lingerie thieves raid South Island supermarkets

Four Spanish tourists are heading home in disgrace after a South Island shoplifting spree that ended at the Rangiora New World supermarket.

Man goes on spree with stolen credit card

Police have asked for the public's help after a man used a stolen credit card to go on a spending spree north of Wellington.

Dunedin doctor assaulted, nurse bitten

A woman was arrested after punching and kicking a female doctor at Dunedin Hospital at 6.30pm on Saturday, Senior Sergeant Phil McDouall, of Dunedin, said.

Family violence figures dropped from crime stats

Women's Refuge is meeting police today over a decision to drop family violence figures from crime stats.

Tauranga store robbed at knifepoint

A Tauranga superette was robbed this afternoon by a woman brandishing a knife.

Murder accused abused by family

A man charged with the 2008 murder and kidnapping of Christchurch prostitute Mellory Manning has appeared in court this morning.

South leads way as crime drops

Recorded crime has dropped to its lowest level in 15 years, police figures show, and the South is leading the way.

An ear for an ear in Dunedin vigilante attack

A Dunedin man who bit off part of another man's ear, sparking a vigilante attack which brought him a fractured skull and severe injury to one of his own ears, has been jailed for three years and three months.

Home invasion shock for Devoy

Burglars who crept around Dame Susan Devoy's family home while her husband and son slept have left the former world squash champion feeling gutted and "shell-shocked''.

Baby killer jailed for 17 years

A man who picked his partner's 6-month-old son up by his leg, violently shook him and dropped him on his head has received a sentence of life in prison with a minimum non-parole period of 17 years for murder.

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