Jason Palmer Death May’ve Been Gang Ordered Hit

There are shocking revelations in today’s Sunday News that Ex-US marine prison officer Jason Palmer may have died as a result of a gang ordered hit at Springhill prison in the Waitkato, what’s more the paper says that a source has told them that the corrections department knew of the threat to the officer three…

English Tourist Mugged In Gisborne

An English tourist was mugged by a man who stole her handbag in Gisborne last night, according to The Herald: “The woman briefly struggled with the male robber about 10.30pm on Gladstone Road, between Gray and Cobden Streets, police said. The robber was found in a car about half an hour later by a police…

Joanne Wang’s Killer Gets 12 Years – Updated

The brutal killer of young mother, Joanne Wang, murdered in front of her eight year old son at the Manukau Westfield shopping centre, has today received a ‘life’ sentence with a minimum parole period of 12 years. Christopher Shadrock, 23, was found guilty of murdering Mrs Wang in June 2008, five other people – Maka Tuikolovatu,…