Stories by Edward Gay

The previous conviction for a repeat rapist who committed a violent attack in the Riverhead quarry near Auckland can now be reported for the first time. Audio

A woman who says she was repeatedly raped over four weeks has denied a suggestion from a defence lawyer that her attacker turned up with chocolates and flowers.

A man who stomped a pensioner to death was just three days earlier given a "hasty discharge" from a mental health unit because it was too full, a report has found.

A man used violence and threats when he raped three women and a child, the Crown told the High Court in Auckland.

The Crown says a teacher aide and rugby coach accused of sexual assault must be the unluckiest man in the world, if he is to be believed.

A woman has been charged with contempt of court after approaching members of a High Court jury and telling them her thoughts on a child sex abuse trial.

A junior rugby coach and teacher aid has repeatedly denied allegations he sexually abused boys in his care.

A former boys' rugby coach and teacher aide has entered the witness box to deny more than 100 charges of sexual offending.

A rugby coach and teacher aide told police he only treated boys in his care as if they were his sons and denied all sexual offending.

A prisoner who took part in a revenge gang-hit on a prison officer has had over six years added to his sentence.

A man who was jailed for two years on burglary charges now faces a sentence without end after committing his third strike offence behind bars.

They were promised high wages, free food and accommodation, but instead they were paid just a fraction of what they were promised and forced to live in squalid, cramped conditions.

Schizophrenic Gabriel Yad-Elohim was released from Auckland Hospital's mental health ward after doctors found he was well, 72 hours later he had stomped pensioner Michael Mulholland to death.

A man who stomped a pensioner to death just three days after being discharged from a mental health unit has been sentenced.

A multi-millionaire paid to have impoverished Filipino children treated like toys for his depraved sexual pleasure - while he sat in the comfort of his North Shore home.

A High Court judge has told a former Justice of the Peace and community board member that it is voyeurs like him who keep the child sex abuse trade going.

A man says he told a former junior rugby coach on trial for sexual abuse that if he touched his brother he would "end him".

The Crown says the first person to go on trial for insider trading in this country was no Wolf of Wall Street.

The first person charged with insider trading is on trial at the High Court in Auckland.

There were gasps, rounds of applause and cheering from the public gallery as three Corrections officers were cleared of charges relating on an attack on a prisoner.

A lawyer for a Corrections officer says his client was having flashbacks to the time when he was attacked by inmates.

A Corrections officer repeatedly kicked a prisoner in the head while another broke his leg and dislocated his ankle while he was already restrained, the Crown says.

The man who was in charge of the finances for the trust that cares for the Waitangi Treaty Grounds took $1.2 million and spent it on cosmetic surgery and adult entertainment.

A Punjabi singer with millions of views on Youtube today got 11 months' home detention for taking bribes in return for New Zealand drivers' licences. Video

A Corrections officer says he was fighting for his life as he wrestled with two prisoners armed with shanks. Video