In a widely publicized case, a Christchurch musician, who has already been convicted for assaulting his four-year-old son, will be arguing his case before the Supreme Court in the month of October. This case has managed to attract a lot of publicity and is also being seen as a test case for people who are supporting the anti-smacking legislation.

A Ghanaian "casanova" phony, has been investigated by Waihi police for befriending Kiwi women over the internet. The police have managed to discover that he had been using more pseudonyms.

As per detective Simon Everson of the Waihi CIB, a Ghanaian man had been pursuing Kiwi women on social networking sites.

A shopping centre in Perth had no idea that it would be left with so much destruction after some masked robbers stole a black Range Rover and then ram raided, leaving off with a safe that was in the shopping centre.

It was just before midnight on Sunday that two men smashed into the glass while sitting in a four wheel vehicle and entered the Garden shopping centre, which is in the south Perth suburb of Booragoon.

According to a recent report, a loan theft in Australia has been called as the biggest superannuation crime in the history of the country.

Two people, Canadian-born Richard and American–born Liu, were scrutinized for their alleged involvement in the $123 million scam of superannuation of finances in the NSW Supreme Court.

At a convenience store in Saskatoon, a clerk was attacked by a thief, during a robbery. The city police have said that three robbers were involved in the conspiracy and they were armed with knives and a crow bar.

A 33-year-old woman has been arrested in relation to an armed robbery at a bank machine, Saturday morning.

At approximately 11:15 a. m., a woman approached the machine at a financial institution in the 3300 block of Fairlight Drive.