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Crime
Two Western journalists killed in Syria
Posted on 22 February 2012 by NZ Herald
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the "unacceptable" killings of veteran US reporter Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik in the Syrian town of Homs."Our colleagues Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik gave their...
Kim Dotcom bailed, eyes extradition hearing
Posted on 22 February 2012 by TV3 National Crime
Kim Dotcom spends his first full day out of custody in more than a month on Thursday after being granted bail.
Woman filmed in shower left paranoid
Posted on 22 February 2012 by NZ Herald
A young woman secretly filmed in the shower by a former Iraq war mercenary says she has been left paranoid and needing counselling.David Huw Gwilliam - who received a United States medal after being injured in a bomb blast in Iraq...
Document had to be read in full: Petricevic
Posted on 22 February 2012 by NZ Herald
Rod Petricevic said yesterday Bridgecorp investors needed to read an allegedly misleading prospectus "in total" to get a sense of it - but the former managing director did not go through the document "top to bottom" himself before...
Coroner says child agencies must talk
Posted on 22 February 2012 by NZ Herald
A coroner investigating the death of toddler Hail-Sage McClutchie says information-sharing between government agencies needs to improve to protect children at risk of abuse.But the chief social worker for Child, Youth and Family...
Kim Dotcom: Free – but offline
Posted on 22 February 2012 by NZ Herald
He made his fortune from the internet and even changed his name to sound like a website - but German millionaire Kim Dotcom is now banned from going online.And in a further departure from his former lifestyle, Dotcom is not allowed...
15-year-old girl bashed near school
Posted on 22 February 2012 by NZ Herald
A 13-year-old girl and a man and woman will face court after a teenaged girl was allegedly punched unconscious outside a school in Wollongong. New South Wales police say the 15-year-old victim was punched in the head and stomach...
Mother marks ‘double sadness’ over son’s death
Posted on 22 February 2012 by Stuff.co.nz - Crime
As the Northwood Countdown shook violently on February 22 last year, Jacqui Miles and her teenage son, Hayden, like so many others in Christchurch, screamed in terror.
Urewera trial: Apology followed shots, court told
Posted on 22 February 2012 by Stuff.co.nz - Crime
A teenager who was blindfolded and searched at gunpoint at an alleged military-training camp in the Urewera Range was apologised to afterwards, he told a court.
Top cop criticises Elliott case
Posted on 22 February 2012 by BELINDA FEEK
A senior Waikato police officer has criticised his Crown Solicitor colleagues' handling of the prosecution of former Hamilton principal Martin Elliott.
Urewera trial: Defendants identified on camera footage
Posted on 22 February 2012 by NZ Herald
Footage captured by hidden cameras in the bush around Ruatoki shows groups of people waking down a track with guns during an alleged military-style training camp.The 11 jurors deciding the case of Tame Wairere Iti, Te Rangikaiwhiria...
Five people found dead at US health sauna
Posted on 22 February 2012 by NZ Herald
US authorities say five people are dead in an apparent murder-suicide at a suburban Atlanta spa.Norcross police spokesman Capt. Brian Harr said Tuesday evening officers found the bodies after responding to a call reporting a person...
Home time as Dotcom granted bail
Posted on 22 February 2012 by TV3 National Crime
Kim Dotcom is spending his first night with his wife and children after a month behind bars, following a District Court decision to grant him bail today.
Man charged with stealing cemetery plaques escapes custody
Posted on 22 February 2012 by NZ Herald
A prisoner charged with stealing brass plaques from an Auckland cemetery has escaped Christchurch Hospital and is on the run for a second time.Neil Anderson was charged in November on 26 charges of theft and intentional damage for...
Mortgage fraudster’s appeal application rejected
Posted on 22 February 2012 by NZ Herald
Mortgage fraudster John Slavich has had an appeal application rejected because the court deemed him as having "no prospect of success".Slavich applied for an extension of time to lodge an appeal against his conviction, but failed...
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