Auckland, May 14 NZPA - The mother of a teenager beaten to death in south Auckland says sentences need to be toughened after seeing her son's killer jailed today.

Auckland, May 14 NZPA - A 26-year-old man found guilty of murdering a teenager in Otara in September 2006 will spend at least 12 years behind bars.

Auckland, Feb 24 NZPA - A High Court jury took less than an hour today to find a 26-year-old man guilty of murdering a teenager in South Auckland 2-1/2 years ago.

Wellington, Feb 24 NZPA - A 26-year old man has been found guilty in the High Court at Auckland today of the murder of a teen in south Auckland in September 2006.

The Crown alleged Jeffrey Alailima Key bludgeoned Riki Mafi, 17, to death in an attack in Otara town centre.

Auckland, Feb 23 NZPA - The lawyer for a man on trial for murdering a teenager in south Auckland says he did not have murderous intent and there was reasonable doubt whether he struck the fatal blow.

Auckland, Feb 9 NZPA - A teenager in the wrong place at the wrong time was murdered in a South Auckland suburb by brutal strikes to his head from a metal baseball bat wielded by Jeffrey Alailima Key, a jury has been told today.