
Teen guilty of Libby Templeman's murder
A 16-year-old boy has been found guilty of murdering and indecently assaulting schoolgirl Liberty 'Libby' Templeman in November 2008.
A 16-year-old boy has been found guilty of murdering and indecently assaulting schoolgirl Liberty 'Libby' Templeman in November 2008.
The judge presiding over the Liberty Templeman murder trial says there may have to be a retrial if a verdict cannot be reached.
A youth accused of the slaying of Liberty Templeman, 15, today began giving evidence in his own defence at the High Court in Whangarei.
The distraught parents of a slain schoolgirl fled the courtroom as a jury watched video footage of police interviews.
ESR scientists believe blood found on items belonging to the accused boy belonged to murdered teen Liberty Templeman.
A police officer has told a High Court that he spoke to the boy accused of her murder just minutes before he found her body.
Relatives of a 22-month-old girl shaken and dropped when she would not stop crying are upset at her attacker's sentence.
A homicide inquiry has been launched after a Kaikohe woman died following what police allege was a domestic violence attack.
A teenager's New Year's Day fun turned to tragedy after he jumped from a 24m waterfall and never surfaced.
Police tried in vain to save the life of a 30-year-old woman at Ruakaka, south of Whangarei, after she was stabbed last night.