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Victim fought for baby

A passenger travelling 180km/h in a car put her feet against the dash as she fought to protect herself and a kidnapped 15-month-old baby.

Parole denied for convicted child murderer

Jail over revenge abduction and assault

A Tauranga man has been sentenced to three years and four months in jail for kidnapping and bashing a man who had just accidentally killed his 18-year-old friend.

Charges laid after alleged abduction

Two men have been charged with abduction after they allegedly tried to drag a 22-year-old woman into a van at 9.30pm in Dunedin on Saturday night.

Madeleine probe flushes out suspect

In a radical shift in thinking, a man spotted carrying a young girl in his arms has now emerged as the key suspect for the abduction of Madeleine McCann.

Man who held woman captive jailed

A man who kidnapped a woman and held her captive in a Hamilton shed has been jailed for nearly three years.

Syria: Red Cross workers kidnapped

Gunmen abducted six Red Cross workers and a Syrian Red Crescent volunteer after stopping their convoy in northwestern Syria, a spokesman said.

Elizabeth Smart: 'Nine months of hell'

'Why didn't I cry out for help? Fear.' Ten years on and in a new book Elizabeth Smart details her ordeal after she was snatched from her bedroom by a crazed preacher.

Hitchhiker's final hours

A hitchhiker was forced to walk more than 4km into a forest where she was sexually assaulted and murdered, before her killer took his own life.

Businessman on trial for kidnapping diesel thief

A convicted thief caught red-handed siphoning diesel from a drilling company was bashed by up to 10 "unknown Polynesian males", kidnapped and dumped in a river, before the company boss handed him over to police, a court has been told.

Police seek woman in hunt for alleged kidnapper

Hiding killer explains abduction

A man wanted by police for child abduction has taken to Facebook to explain why he took the 2-year-old boy from his mother.

Abducted boy found 'shivering and cold'

Over the noise of a heavy rain, a child's faint cries for help could he heard. Two-year-old Gabriel Witehira-Donnelly was cold and alone in a shed.

Family urged to turn killer in

Family members of convicted killer Phillip Layton Edwards, who is on the run after allegedly abducting a 2-year-old boy in Auckland yesterday have been asked to phone police if they know where he is hiding out.

'Give yourself up'

Police issue a blunt message to a convicted killer sought over a toddler's alleged kidnapping, as residents are urged to check their properties for signs of someone sleeping rough.

Doctor held over baby trade

To her patients she was a grandmotherly figure, a kindly 56-year-old doctor who delivered hundreds of children.

Kidnap victim: You face hell for eternity

A spellbound court watched as a woman who had spent 11 years in chains and had her unborn baby beaten to death inside her declared the beginning of her new life.

Kidnapped baby returned to mother

A 10-month-old baby is being returned to his mother this afternoon after his Mongrel Mob father allegedly kidnapped him after a domestic dispute in Hastings today.