Rob Kidd

A man who drank 12 RTDs on the drive from Dunedin to Oamaru told police, after a brief chase, he was simply driving some mates to Christchurch.

A Dunedin man who robbed a liquor store then stabbed a police officer with scissors is still considered a "significant risk" of violence.

A man has been convicted of harassing his partner after referencing the Invercargill case of a police officer who shot his estranged wife.

An Outram man who smashed a container of tomato sauce on his partner’s head told her she was lucky the condiment which covered her was not blood, a court has head.

A Central Otago woman who swindled more than $100,000 from her intellectually impaired sister had three years of lies laid bare in court.

An octogenarian who was ripped off by her neighbour has had her faith in humanity restored thanks to an unexpected source.

A Dunedin man who broke into his ex-partner's home in the middle of the night because he "wanted cuddles'' punched her 15 times after she rejected his advances, a court has heard.

A recidivist drink-driver claimed he had turned over a new leaf - then stole a bottle of vodka during a drinking binge.

A Central Otago hospitality stalwart has failed to avoid conviction for punching his wife unconscious, but his identity will remain secret.

A Dunedin man who hacked off his partner’s hair with a pair of scissors, then broke her nose, has been jailed for 16 months.

After his seasonal job ended in Marlborough, Timothy Owen Norman Arbuckle-Hill came to Dunedin hoping for work.

A taxi ride from the Octagon to McDonalds would ordinarily set you back no more than $10, but the quick trip cost a Dunedin nurse $1500.

A Dunedin teen turned a $12 ticket into a bill for $7000 after she rammed a parking warden's scooter, a court has heard.

On a dreary, drizzly southern afternoon, imaginations exploded over prison fences.

A Palestinian student who took photos of a naked, drunk woman in her home will go home without a conviction to his name.

When Lawrence Andrew Couper's father died in 2014, he had no idea his son had spent the final years of his life secretly ripping him off.

A Dunedin philosophy student who shared bestiality images online and wrote about his desire to rape babies has been jailed for three years.