The 9-year-old daughter of man who was pummelled by shotgun pellets wants to ask the two Crips gang members found guilty of murdering her father: “why did you kill my daddy”. Alec Moala, who was a member of a different subset of…
Imprisoned South Auckland gang leader Lasalosi Vaitohi was so incensed by the robbery of a drug house on his turf, prosecutors allege, that he immediately set about orchestrating violent retribution - unconcerned it would days later result in the shooting…
One prisoner lost the ashes of his dead daughter, while some Corrections officers are still undergoing counselling after the largest and most destructive riot in a New Zealand prison. But now one of the instigators of the six-day riot at…
A man who stabbed four people in a rampage on Auckland’s North Shore told police “Jesus had rejected him” and his actions were controlled by Satan, a court has heard. Last June, the 41-year-old was charged with assault using a knife and…
A man accused of attacking multiple strangers with a knife during a rampage on the North Shore this year has been found fit to stand trial. The 41-year-old, who continues to have name suppression, appeared in Auckland District Court today…
Name suppression for the man accused of a number of “random” stabbings on Auckland’s North Shore will continue due to his “fragile” mental state. The 41-year-old was charged with one count of assault with a knife and four counts of wounding with…
A prisoner has been charged with wounding Te Ariki Poulgrain, an inmate who allegedly escaped custody for 10 weeks in 2021. Poulgrain had been serving time at Auckland Prison in Paremoremo when he allegedly escaped from a central Auckland medical…
Two prisoners who took part in an assault inside the country’s only maximum security prison have had time added to their sentences. Riki Wiremu Ngamoki and Paul Simon Tuliloa admitted injuring fellow inmate Cesar Su’a but were acquitted of the murder of…
Prisoner Te Ariki Poulgrain, who was found at an Auckland address after 10 weeks on the run, has appeared in court. The 23-year-old was arrested at an address in Ōtara on Saturday and appeared in the Auckland District Court on Monday via…
Two prisoners accused of taking part in a fatal assault inside the country’s only maximum security prison have been found not guilty of Blake Lee’s murder, while another has been found guilty of manslaughter. Lopeti Telefoni was found not guilty of murder,…
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