Wellington, Nov 27 NZPA - Parliament's repeal of the use of provocation as a partial defence for murder does not have widespread support from the legal community.

ACT was the only party to oppose the repeal bill which passed last night by 116 votes to five.

Wellington, Nov 27 NZPA - Parliament's repeal of the use of provocation as a partial defence for murder does not have widespread support from the legal community.

ACT was the only party to oppose the repeal bill which passed last night by 116 votes to five.

Auckland, Oct 14 NZPA - A Hungarian man sentenced to serve at least eight years in jail for bashing a 69-year-old gay man to death in Auckland has appealed his sentence.

Auckland, Sept 18 NZPA - A Hungarian man who successfully argued he was provoked when he bashed a 69-year-old to death with a banjo in Auckland will spend at least eight years in jail.

Auckland, Sept 18 NZPA - A Hungarian dive master will spend at least eight years in prison for a brutal bashing which killed a 69-year-old man in Auckland in 2007.

Ferdinand Ambach, 31, was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for the manslaughter of Ronald Brown in suburban Onehunga.

Auckland, July 10 NZPA - A just sentence rather than revenge is what the gay community would want handed down to an Hungarian tourist who bashed a man to death, a gay rights advocate said today.

Auckland, July 9 NZPA - An Auckland High Court jury tonight found a Hungarian tourist not guilty of murder, but guilty of the manslaughter of an Auckland man.

Auckland, July 8 NZPA - An Auckland High Court jury has retired for a second night without reaching a verdict in the trial of a Hungarian tourist who allegedly used a banjo to beat and throttle a 69-year-old Auckland man.

Auckland, July 8 NZPA - The jury in the trial of a Hungarian tourist who allegedly used a banjo to beat and throttle a 69-year-old man is watching a video of a three-hour police interview with the accused.

Auckland, July 7 NZPA - A jury has retired for the night after failing to reach a verdict in the trial of a Hungarian tourist accused of murdering an Auckland man.