Articles by Craig Kapitan, NZ Herald
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Crime
Disgraced Auckland property developer jailed after undercover child sexual grooming bust
Friday, 22 November 2024, 3:40pmAuckland property developer Ee ‘Augustine’ Lau has been sentenced to prison for grooming underage teen girls in Auckland...
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Crime
Ex-Green MP Golriz Ghahraman loses appeal for Auckland, Wellington shoplifting spree
Monday, 21 October 2024, 11:28amGolriz Ghahraman’s second bid to avoid a conviction for last year’s $9000 shoplifting spree has failed. High Court Justice...
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Crime
Former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman files appeal after shoplifting conviction
Monday, 14 October 2024, 1:43pmGolriz Ghahraman has filed an appeal for a discharge without conviction, three months after her sentencing for shoplifting. Judge...
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Crime
Pauline Hanna feared husband had swindled control of their finances, niece testifies
Monday, 12 August 2024, 11:00amWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Seven months before Pauline Hanna died in what was quickly deemed suspicious circumstances,...
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Watch: Polkinghorne jury shown CCTV of Pauline Hanna using rope on last day alive
Friday, 2 August 2024, 3:00pmWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT The last known video of Pauline Hanna before her suspicious death three years ago was played...
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Crime
Young killer seeks to keep identity secret, cites 'cancel culture' trauma
Friday, 3 November 2023, 6:19pmA 20-year-old woman who was found guilty this week alongside her former boyfriend of causing a teen’s death outside an Auckland...
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Crime
Sydney knife attacker claimed she found religion, but after NZ deportation she murdered neighbour
Friday, 27 October 2023, 6:10pmWarning: Graphic content A 501 deportee has failed to convince a jury the 94 stab wounds she inflicted on a neighbour in...
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Crime
'Your heart is so rotten': Victims, parents confront teacher who made hundreds of illicit videos
Friday, 13 October 2023, 2:41pmWARNING: Distressing sexual content A former Auckland relief teacher turned convicted sex offender who was caught with a...
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Covid wage subsidy scam: Prison for dad who made fake company
Friday, 29 September 2023, 6:39pmA financially strapped father-of-five who created a fake company in order to defraud the Government of more than $120,000...
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Kiwi TikTok star jailed in California after being accused of attempted murder
Friday, 22 September 2023, 6:37pmA popular former social media comedian from Invercargill who was accused of attempted murder last year after moving to the...
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Crime
Two men plead guilty to attempted murder of popular Auckland radio host
Wednesday, 30 August 2023, 10:16amTwo men have pleaded guilty to participating in the near-fatal attack on a well-known radio host who suffered multiple stab...
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Crime
Prison for school principal who sexually abused student
Friday, 4 August 2023, 12:55pmThe former principal of an Auckland-based private school has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years’ imprisonment for the...
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Terrified victim went to police twice about stalker. 13 days later she was murdered
Wednesday, 2 August 2023, 11:37amOn December 6 last year Farzana Yaqubi walked into the Henderson Police Station to make a formal statement about the stalking...
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Crime
'Monstrous' murder: Abusive partner handed lengthy prison term after setting woman on fire
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 12:03pmAn Auckland man who caused the death of his partner by dousing her in petrol and lighting their bedroom on fire has been...
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Crime
'Hope you have a good life': Murder trial witness recalls slain teen's final words
Friday, 7 July 2023, 12:28pmWARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Jurors continued to watch a series of recorded interviews this morning in which a 14-year-old murder...
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Crime
Child witness outlined sadistic treatment of 17yo girl in final hours before murder
Friday, 7 July 2023, 8:06amWARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT It was a colourful bedsheet - blue, the 14-year-old recalled. “He ripped it [to make rope for a...
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Crime
Man pleads guilty to ex-partner's murder, six months after taking her corpse to police station
Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 9:40amAn Auckland man who showed up at Counties Manukau police station last year with his ex’s corpse in his car has pleaded guilty...
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Man charged with manslaughter after partner and 10yo boy drowned in Manukau Harbour
Wednesday, 7 June 2023, 10:16amA 62-year-old recreational fishing boat skipper who was charged with two counts of manslaughter two weeks ago - six months...
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Man jailed 15yrs for killing drug-ring member buried on Desert Rd
Friday, 2 June 2023, 1:12pmLast June, Chinese national Gaoxiang Yu had just been paroled following consecutive prison sentences for his role in a methamphetamine...
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Grey Lynn murder: Man deemed not guilty by reason of insanity
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 10:32amA man who was charged with murder last year after 62-year-old Cecilia Ozyurteri was fatally assaulted in Grey Lynn has been...
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National
Waiheke marina protester discharged without conviction
Friday, 19 May 2023, 2:18pmA protester who manoeuvred her kayak in front of a larger vessel in an effort to halt the construction of Waiheke Island’s...
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National
'I dread coming home': Mum's battle over Kāinga Ora 'neighbours from hell'
Friday, 19 May 2023, 1:13pmA Hamilton solo mother-of-four says she dreads coming home every day after years living next to Kāinga Ora “neighbours from...
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Crime
Man pleads guilty to murder of Ricky Wang, whose body was found in shallow grave near Tongariro's Desert Rd
Tuesday, 16 May 2023, 10:33amAnother man has admitted to causing the death of Auckland resident Ricky Wang - five years after the father-of-two vanished...
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Ex teacher, Catholic leader in jail for rape asks appeal court for reduced sentence
Friday, 12 May 2023, 2:24pmA convicted rapist who previously worked as a private school teacher and religious leader has asked the Court of Appeal to...
