US man convicted of pastor’s murder executed in Texas after years on death row
A man was executed by lethal injection in the US state of Texas on Thursday for the 2011 murder of a pastor that he insisted ...
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A Nelson man who held two victims at gunpoint - one for 15 hours - has pleaded guilty to charges of kidnapping and bomb threats
Phillip Clinton Mant was arrested after a stand-off at a Motueka Street property last August. Prosecutor Mark O'Donoghue says the victims, including an 80-year-old man, believed they'd die if they ...
‘A relentlessly dull world’ – the case for adding more colour to NZ’s grey prisons
Grey walls, grey furniture and grey jumpsuits affect the psychology of prisoners. Research suggests simple, colourful ...
Nelson standoff: Phillip Mant pleads guilty to kidnapping, bomb threat charges
The man who held a woman at gunpoint for 15 hours and threatened to blow her up with a homemade bomb placed beside her, was furious with the outcome of an earlier court matter. Ph ...
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Investigations continue into a Police officer being hurt on the job
A 47-year-old man's appeared in court, accused of hitting an officer with a vehicle in Huntly on Wednesday -- giving them moderate injuries. On New Year's Day another officer was killed when hit by a ...