Court

It was "hard to imagine" a hearing date for Clayton Weatherston's appeal would be set before Christmas, his lawyer said yesterday.

A Japanese tourist was brutally raped and robbed in her bedroom by two teenage gang prospects, as her Opotiki host family watched television in another room.

A man charged with arson over a small fire at Prime Minister John Key's electorate office has been committed for trial in the High Court at Auckland.

The trial of a man for the murder of an elderly Auckland woman is unlikely to be held before next year, two years after her death.

A man described as an "accomplished liar" protested his innocence today as he was sentenced to nearly seven years' jail for molesting two girls.

The Ministry of Fisheries hopes the outcome of a Dunedin District Court case involving the illegal purchase of fish will serve as a warning to others tempted to buy or sell on the black market.

A former policeman accused of extorting free sex from a prostitute sat cringing, head in hands as his police interview tape was played to the High Court at Christchurch today.

A former Rotorua policeman has admitted possessing child pornography and other illegal material on his computer.

An Auckland businessman has admitted attacking his ex-business partner with a knife and shooting his girlfriend, leaving her with life-threatening injuries.