Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 12 July 2013

Judge calls killer callous, brutal and cowardly; Tahu family says a great weight lifted at Hallett sentencing; Man sentenced to prison for refusing to do jury service; The Human Rights Commission says PM wrong, and he knows it; Novopay costs talent2 millions of dollars; Pasifika MPs challenged to break ranks on SkyCity deal; Govt invests 90-million to expand AUT's South Auckland campus.