Violent Bay of Plenty hostage-taker Jade Mellow gets an extra 15 months added to jail sentence
About 10pm that night, Mellow was parked in a car near Edgecumbe with a cut-down .22 calibre rifle,…
Enraged woman Sharanjit Kaur, whose bad driving led to a fatal head-on crash, appeals prison sentence
Kaur was jailed for four years after being sentenced in the Hamilton District Court earlier this year. Now,…
Teen stepmum Jessica Mulford appeals to have jail time halved for killing toddler
Justice Campbell said while the cause of Harlee-Rose’s death had been determined, the mechanism remains unknown. “But it…
Book of the day: Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
Patrick Ryan: A very good writer but his narrative voice holds the novel back. Photos / Supplied ‘By…
NZ Defence Force appeals ‘inadequate’ sentence of soldier guilty of attempted espionage
The soldier also offered to get a covert device into NZ Army headquarters. After several days of deliberation…