Felicity Dear

A disabled man was ripped off by his friend, leaving him almost $8000 out of pocket.

A Dunedin dog whisperer denied drinking before driving, but blew almost five times the legal limit.

An Invercargill man will not work in nursing again after coercing a colleague to steal a drug he called "mother’s helpers" from Southland Hospital.

A woman felt like her eyes and tongue would pop out of her face during a "life-threatening" attack.

A man was pepper-sprayed after he smeared faeces and blood around Dunedin’s Central police station.

A man stole six hot-water cylinders in a "cynical, prolonged attack" on an abandoned North Otago school.

A Dunedin man who sexually abused a girl about 100 times has avoided imprisonment.

A Dunedin man who set up a camera in a bathroom to discreetly record a young girl claimed he left it there by accident.

A learner driver collided with a milk tanker in a crash that killed his friend moments after passengers yelled at him to stop, a court has heard.

An "extremely violent" hammer-wielding Southland man who attacked his partner for 15 minutes has had his prison sentence reduced.

A recidivist Oamaru offender has been caught targeting vehicles on a recent crime spree.

An under-fire Dunedin liquor store owner is quitting her four premises and will never get a licence to sell alcohol again, her lawyer says.

A Dunedin man who poses "a high risk of violent reoffending" will remain behind bars.

A man claiming to be an Isis member threatened government employees because he wanted to be deported, a court has heard.

A recidivist Oamaru offender has been caught targeting vehicles in a crime spree.

A Dunedin man who kicked a woman so hard she was unable to urinate for two days has been released from prison.

Having more staff at Otago’s prison could have prevented a fight which led to the death of an inmate, a coroner has found.