Bridgecorp's Roest sentenced to jail
Bridgecorp's former financial controller Rob Roest will join the failed finance company's boss Rod Petricevic behind bars, but another former director escaped prison when the men were sentenced a
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No appeal for former Bridgecorp director
Former Bridgecorp director Gary Urwin has decided not to appeal his two-year jail sentence.
Not guilty plea as Hurring trial starts
More guilty pleas for murderer
A former Iraqi soldier who stabbed his wife to death in Wellington has pleaded guilty to three further charges.
Najeeb Dawood murdered Eman Hurmiz in September 2011.
Home detention for hunter who killed friend
The Wanaka hunter who shot and killed his best friend after mistaking him for a deer on December 19 last year has been sentenced to seven months' home detention in the Queenstown District Court t
No jail for Wellington car arsonist
A man who torched his car in Wellington's busy Cuba Mall on election day last November in a protest about the banking system has avoided prison.
Warrant issued by court
The Dunedin District Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of a man named as an alleged co-offender in gang-related drug dealing charges.
Hitchhiker accused of murder named
The 21-year-old hitch-hiker accused of attacking a ''good Samaritan'' who offered him a lift and a place to stay for the night was named as Morgan Knight when he appeared in court this morning ch
Jetboat operator fined after passengers break backs
A jetboat operator has been ordered to pay $270,000 for taking tourists on sightseeing boat trips which resulted in three passengers breaking their backs.
Dunedin woman admits racist attack
An attack on an Auckland family in the city on Easter Monday has kept a young Dunedin woman in custody.