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Inmate charged with guard's manslaughter

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Police name man sought over ear biting

Bird brothers may lie together

Reward posted in historic murder case

New South Wales police have offered a A$100,000 ($122,800) reward for help in solving a 37-year-old murder mystery.

South Africa: Going home

Jane Phare talks to a South African living in New Zealand who is returning to Cape Town armed with lessons learned from Kiwis.

Groom attacks father with axe

A man has been jailed for attacking family members with a replica medieval axe on his wedding night, after he was caught kissing a bridesmaid.

Missing father 'likely murdered', say police

Raymond 'Son' Piper has not been seen since May 15 when he disappeared from Paraparaumu.

Murderer sentenced for prison stabbing

Murder, manslaughter verdicts in cop killing

Mongrel Mob leader jailed for attack

Skinner guilty of murdering policeman

John Skinner, 38, and Iain Clegg, 36, denied murdering Sergeant Don Wilkinson and attempting to murder another police officer.

Witness describes murder accused's state on night of killing

Eric Smail was drunk and in an "angry, pessimistic state" on the night he killed his paralysed friend, a psychiatrist told court today.

Police look for phone, knife, shoes in Kiko murder

Husband faces wife's accused killer in court

Dev Sangha glared at the suspected killer of his wife as the two saw each other for the first time since Ravneet Sangha's death.

Jury sent home for night in Wilkinson murder trial

The jury will continue deliberating the fate of the men accused of killing undercover police officer Sergeant Don Wilkinson in the morning.