Articles by Craig Kapitan

Crime

Pills in juice: Mother told psychiatrist chilling account of killing children
Thursday, 18 September 2025, 2:06pm
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT She mashed up the sleeping pills in fruit juice and offered it to her children, who drank without...
Crime

Suitcase murder trial: PlayStation records shed light on children's final day alive
Wednesday, 17 September 2025, 2:45pm
A major phase of Hakyung “Jasmine” Lee’s double murder trial has concluded with the Crown’s final factual witness giving...
Crime

Sunday school teacher to child killer: Murder defendant revealed ‘crisis of faith’
Friday, 12 September 2025, 1:00pm
As Hakyung “Jasmine” Lee’s husband was dying in hospice care, the former Sunday school teacher revealed to a palliative care...
Crime

'I don't have kids': Killer mum's shock words four years after vanishing
Thursday, 11 September 2025, 3:22pm
From the first time Hakyung “Jasmine” Lee called her mother to report that her husband had been diagnosed with a serious...
Crime

'Beautiful, playful, bubbly': Teacher, jurors weep remembering young siblings killed by mum
Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 2:51pm
The former teacher of child homicide victims struggled to hold back tears today, and so did jurors, as she fondly recalled...
Crime

Bodies in suitcase trial: Insanity defence announced as trial begins for mum accused of killing kids
Monday, 8 September 2025, 1:26pm
The long-awaited double-murder trial for a mum accused of killing both of her primary school-aged children - leaving their...
Crime

Community detention for man's role in road rage shooting of 15yo girl
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 1:22pm
A passenger who helped cover up his friend’s road rage shooting of a 15-year-old girl has been sentenced to two months of...
Crime

Construction cartel: Secret Auckland company admits bid corruption
Wednesday, 3 September 2025, 9:48am
An Auckland construction industry business that was the target of the nation’s first-ever criminal prosecution for “cartel...
Crime

NZ fraudster loses US extradition battle over 400kg Hells Angels cocaine plot
Monday, 1 September 2025, 2:44pm
A fraudster accused of scheming to help import 400kg of Peruvian cocaine into New Zealand, with a pit stop in Texas, has...
Crime

'I'm dead, I'm dead': Father terrified after merging into gang convoy, sparking rage
Friday, 29 August 2025, 4:18pm
A father driving home to his two young children after a Saturday morning work shift described a terrifying situation after...
Crime

Woman who ran over, killed ex had contacted police earlier seeking help
Wednesday, 27 August 2025, 1:15pm
A woman who fatally ran over her former partner following a tense night of recovering her property from his West Auckland...
Crime

Revealed: Female teacher loses suppression fight over sex acts on student
Thursday, 21 August 2025, 8:07am
A former Auckland teacher who was ordered to serve a term of imprisonment after admitting to performing sex acts on a 15-year-old...
Crime

Two jailed in Comancheros retribution plot aimed at ex-member's family
Tuesday, 19 August 2025, 1:19pm
When an imprisoned high-profile Comancheros member wanted out of the gang life but refused to pay a hefty fine for doing...
Crime

'Toxic and volatile relationship' preceded fatal beating, Crown alleges at murder trial
Monday, 18 August 2025, 8:43pm
Warning: This story refers to domestic violence When police found a woman dead in a West Auckland home, bleeding from the...
Crime

Coroner reveals why Christmas Day samurai sword killing charge dropped
Friday, 15 August 2025, 7:07am
A newly released coroner’s report has shed light on why police did not pursue criminal charges against a man who killed his...
Crime

'Nothing for him in society': Judge grants arsonist's wish, sends him back to jail
Monday, 4 August 2025, 8:29am
A judge has granted the wish of an arsonist who told police he burned down his South Auckland accommodation because others...
Crime

Watch: Does imprisoned gang leader's happy dance prove he was in on $20m meth import?
Sunday, 3 August 2025, 8:14am
Could a jailed gang leader’s happy dance – caught on prison yard CCTV – help prove his involvement in a $20 million meth...
Crime

Company boss admits manslaughter after unroadworthy 20-ton truck killed roadworker
Friday, 1 August 2025, 7:09am
For six years prior to the moment a runaway construction truck hit and killed a road worker in a posh Auckland suburb, authorities...
Crime

'Shocks the community': Group sentenced for 'sadistic' 19-hour torture session
Wednesday, 30 July 2025, 1:46pm
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT A young Head Hunters member who was the ringleader in the gruesome, hours-long torture session...
Crime

Details of gruesome driveway death revealed as woman admits killing
Wednesday, 23 July 2025, 11:46am
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT A long-running dispute over personal property was the impetus behind a gruesome driveway death...
Crime

'Hunt you down': Former 'shock jock' admits Ford Ranger assault
Saturday, 19 July 2025, 8:17am
After getting into an argument with a security guard at an Auckland bank, former radio shock jock and reality TV star Iain...
Crime

'Shattered her innocence': Pimp jailed for child prostitution ring ambitions
Wednesday, 16 July 2025, 1:10pm
An aspiring pimp who attempted to create an underage sex trafficking ring with the help of a 14-year-old victim has been...
Crime

Self-defence? Mate of murder-accused says victim liked to use knives in fights
Tuesday, 15 July 2025, 12:40pm
A little over a week before Joeli Rankin was fatally stabbed through the heart while forcing his way into a Mt Albert home...
Crime

'Gonna whack it': Ex-gang member with hitman aspirations finally named
Sunday, 13 July 2025, 9:37am
A Killer Beez member who was sentenced to home detention in December for a failed conspiracy to carry out the hit of a rival...

Articles by Craig Kapitan

Follow Us