Auckland cult leader Kaixiao Liu guilty of manslaughter alongside wife
The sect leader and his wife were arrested in June 2024 at Auckland Airport as they prepared to…
Body in the bag manslaughter trial: Auckland sect leader Kaixiao Liu’s sermons played for jurors
The sect leader’s father agreed: “Find a place inside a forest, somewhere with no people around, primaeval forest.”…
Auckland manslaughter defendant Kaixiao Liu suggests ‘cult’ leader insinuation is wrong
Liu referred jurors to a document written by one of the women in the house titled “Letter of…
Auckland pack rape trial: Defendant ‘O’ gives his version of events as defence begins and ends
“No, I never saw that,” the defendant said, briefly breaking into tears as his testimony concluded. But prosecutor…
Juror dismissed at Auckland property developer Andrew Montgomerie’s wounding trial
The complainant, who cannot yet be identified due to a pending request for permanent name suppression, has said…
Moeaia Tuai slavery and rape trial begins in Auckland High Court
While Tuai did help both of the siblings get jobs, it wasn’t what they were expecting, he said.…