Chch arsonist causes $800,000 damage
John Ngarimu Rattray caused $800,000 damage in his eight-day crime spree, when he torched cricket clubrooms and a church hall.
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Former ambulance officer jailed for sex crimes
A 35-year-old former ambulance driver found guilty of indecently assaulting patients in the back of an ambulance in Auckland in 1999 and 2000 has been jailed.
Ex St John manager admits possessing porn
A former Rotorua St John Ambulance area manager has admitted possessing child pornography.
Woman found guilty of killing partner
A Northland mother-of-four was today found guilty of murdering her partner.
Man committed for trial in backpacker murder
A man has been sent for trial for the murder of Korean backpacker Jae Hyeon Kim.
Kiwi in Aust court over ecstasy haul
A New Zealander and two Canadians faced a Gold Coast court today accused of smuggling thousands of ecstasy tablets inside a Sony PlayStation game machine.
Accused described beheading tourist - witness
A woman told today how one of the trio accused of murdering Korean tourist Jae Hyeon Kim admitted to her strangling him before chopping off his head with a spade.
Woman tells court how driver dragged friend
A woman today told how she yelled at a driver to stop when he crashed his car into her friend and drove off with his body stuck underneath.
NZer accused of shotgun killings
A New Zealander accused of murdering his father and his stepmother in Queensland had failed to live up to his father's expectations, his mother told a court.
DNA links Reid to Agnew's car, court told
An ESR scientist said today that a pubic hair found inside Emma Agnew's car was likely to have come from the man accused of her murder, Liam James Reid.