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The Crown is to seek an indefinite prison sentence for a Christchurch labourer who today admitted sex attacks on two Christchurch schoolgirls.

A woman who had a relationship with a convicted child sex offender and then suggested one of her young daughters should "deal with it herself" when she was indecently assaulted by the man, has been

Quick with a knife, adept at kneecapping, a dab hand at jail breaks, Stephen Thomas Hudson can now add murderer to his blood-stained CV.

Two teenage girls were found guilty today of murdering a retired Opotiki school teacher by beating him repeatedly with his own walking sticks.

A psychiatric report has now been ordered for a man charged over a bizarre home invasion in which a police officer and a police dog were stabbed.

A man acquitted three weeks ago of the manslaughter of a 16-year-old boy in a Christchurch park was today sentenced to community work.

A Kaikoura man who made false statements to ACC and received payments and other entitlements from it today pleaded guilty to six charges of fraud.

A 14-year-old south Auckland cannabis dealer slain with a hammer had told his father beforehand that some boys had threatened to kill him, a High Court jury was told today.

An actor alleged to have engineered his own shooting by police in July was today remanded on further bail until next year for a sentence indication hearing.

The jury trying two teenagers charged with the murder of retired teacher John Rowe have been reminded he suffered at least 28 injuries from the blows the girls rained on him.