Stories by Edward Gay

The police officer in charge of four others accused of using excessive force during an arrest was not present for all of it, a court has been told.

The arrest of Napier man Greg McPeake, who died at the scene, was recorded by cameras inside police tasers.

A father has told a court how his son showed up out of the blue before beating him and fracturing his spine, just hours before he was arrested and died.

An Auckland lawyer has been found guilty of dangerous driving for reversing into a furniture mover helping her ex-husband.

An inmate who pinched a prison guard's bottom is the first to be sentenced for a third-strike offence since the controversial law passed six years ago.

A woman accused of reversing her car into a furniture mover helping her ex-husband believed she was in danger, her lawyer says.

A furniture mover has given evidence at the trial of a lawyer accused of driving into him while he was helping her estranged husband.

An architect who fled the country while being investigated over a $33 million mortgage fraud has been sentenced to three years and two months in prison.

Dustin La Mont had no reason to use lethal force when he fatally stabbed his neighbour in the street, the Crown says.

A repeat child sex offender giggled as the Crown prosecutor made submissions on potentially jailing him for the rest of his life.

A man accused of murder told police he had nothing to do with the fatal stabbing of his neighbour but a day later told a detective he had killed the man in self-defence, a court has been told.

Police inspector Hurimoana Dennis says he will fight for the truth as he defends charges of kidnapping a teenager.

A judge who allegedly struck a lawyer with her crutch during a charity event at Auckland's Northern Club is currently on sick leave. Video

A computer belonging to a man accused of fatally stabbing his neighbour shows his annoyance turned to a fixation in the months leading up to the killing, the Crown says.

A man accused of a fatal Auckland stabbing could have run away when he was confronted at the end of a cul-de-sac, a police officer says.

A man's frustration at his neighbours' noisy parties boiled over into anger and ended in a murder on an Auckland street, says the Crown.

A computer suite inside Paremoremo prison was administered by convicted murderer and child sex offender Phillip John Smith and was later found to contain pornography.

A man who killed a prison officer has had 13 months added to his sentence after being involved in a stabbing of another inmate.

Documents from the Phillip John Smith inquiry reveal other criminals have fled the country despite border alerts - one who cut off his electronic bracelet on the way to the airport.

A child sex offender in his early 20s who was facing deportation has won the right to stay in New Zealand.

Two cousins have been jailed after a road rage attack that included beating a man with a tyre iron before one of them drove over the victim, causing him to lose his leg.

Convicted criminal Arthur Taylor wants to name a prison informant, who he says committed perjury when he gave evidence against David Tamihere. Video

A man accused of a fatal shooting in Manurewa had to be dragged from court by two security guards after a tussle in the dock. Audio

The man who is suing the former leader of the Conservative Party has accused Colin Craig's lawyers of coming after him.

New details have been revealed about security threats in courts across the country, including brawls, a hidden pistol and the use of a machete. Video