Judge spares 17-year-old Kava Peihopa jail over violent Whangārei kidnapping
The Christmas Eve kidnapping On December 24 last year, the victim was travelling north when his phone went…
Blade Herbert sentenced over Whangārei ‘drug deal gone wrong’ that led to kidnapping
Dressed in black clothes and wearing a glove, Herbert began yelling at two victims in the lounge. “Where…
Review finds flaws: Why rapist Frankie Te Uira Edwards was cleared of 2006 Epsom kidnapping
It was the 10th of April 2006 and the brazen attack in the middle of the day came…
Auckland serial rapist Frankie Edwards cleared of kidnapping after Criminal Cases Review Commission investigation
Yet, he pleaded guilty to the April 2006 knifepoint kidnapping, which began outside a badminton hall in Epsom.…
Two Australians charged with supplying firearms to group that kidnapped NZ pilot Phillip Mehrtens
An investigation into the kidnapping by New Zealand and Australian authorities has resulted in a 64-year-old man from…