Lawyers for a former All Black lock, who is facing accusations from a teenage girl of sexual assault, say he is distressed by the situation but can't comment until an investigation is over.

Preventive detention will be retained as a sentencing option for judges under the Government's proposed "three strikes" legislation, Police Minister Judith Collins said today.

Offenders with a record will have "nothing to lose" and could be more likely to kill under the three-strikes law, a prisoners' advocate says.

"I am still in Sobibor 67 years on," the trembling man told Court 101. "I still have nightmares about the place.

National and Act have agreed to pass a three-strikes law under which some killers will be locked away in prison without any chance of release.

Kiwis league star Steve Matai was savagely set upon by three party-goers outside Matai's own Sydney home.

Former All Black Robin Brooke is facing legal threats over allegations he assaulted a teenager in Fiji, amid revelations that another rugby star was with him at the luxury resort.

A man forced his partner to repeatedly punch his face in a bid to get her locked up for assault, a court was told today.

Police have named the Kaikohe woman who died after what police allege was a domestic violence attack.

The parents of a police officer shot three times have moved in with him and his flatmates to aid his recovery.

The identity of the man accused of shooting a police officer in Papatoetoe will remain a secret until at least tomorrow.

Homophobia is on rise in Uganda as the government seeks an Anti-Homosexuality Bill and the minister for ethics and integrity insists that it will be every citizen's duty under new laws to denounce anyone they suspect of being gay.

Double killer Rufus Junior Marsh, a career criminal who spent just 18 months out of jail since he was 14, has died in prison.

Fijian police say it is too early to say if former All Black Robin Brooke will be charged for allegedly sexually harassing a teenage girl.