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Warren Pay plunged a knife into the heart of Faapaia Fonoilaepa during a street fight.

A man who plunged a knife into the heart of a man he was fighting with claims it was in self-defence and his murder conviction should be overturned as his

A lawyer who charged a client over $3000 for a report they could have got for free has been suspended for a year and ordered to pay $50,000 in legal costs.

A tribunal described Chris Tennet's misconduct as 'puzzling'.

Judge orders "working capital" of drugs business be forfeited to the Crown.

Police are playing down claims that officers in the capital are being told to consider delaying arrests due to capacity issues at Rimutaka Prison....

Tony Adeane was known as a hard-line judge, a man who did things his own way. But in failing to follow one fundamental rule, he ran unfair trials that saw convictions thrown out, people wrongfully imprisoned, and lives ruined.

But Tennet, closing his case, said there was no evidence to pin any planning on Jeremiah Su’a. Mariota Su’a, however, was recorded talking to someone in prison about cleaning up the gang and Jeremiah Sua doing nothing about it. Jeremiah Su’a spoke to police about not being able to control his brother and never spoke about planning Wilkinson’s death, despite his phone being tapped for two months and his text messages being gathered by police, Tennet said. Murray Wilson/Stuff “Who i...

Napier links in Palmerston North High Court murder trial 25 Apr, 2021 11:22 PM 2 minutes to read Codi Wilkinson, the Napier man allegedly murdered by fellow gang members in Manawatū 18 months ago. Photo / Facebook Codi Wilkinson, the Napier man allegedly murdered by fellow gang members in Manawatū 18 months ago. Photo / Facebook Hawkes Bay Today A trial in which two brothers from Napier are among five men charged with murdering a fellow gang member, also from Napier, is drawing to a close, en...

Rowe and Wilkinson had been at Hewitts house to collect some of Wilkinsons clothing and other items. Wilkinson was standing in her bedroom when men arrived and she told him Moananui was outside. Wilkinson told her to stay inside, and he went outside with Rowe. “He walked out and I didnt see him again,” Hewitt said. She was trying to put her 3-year-old son to bed, then she heard banging which she thought was coming from the garage. “I saw [Rowe] on the driveway on his knees with blood...