Rob Kidd

A Brazilian man who ripped off his victims through a gay dating app has finally been deported after a torrid stay behind bars.

As the man he punched lay on the petrol station forecourt bleeding from his ears, John-Boy Rakete poured a can of drink over him.

A Mosgiel principal says he is concerned a registered sex offender is serving home detention near his primary school.

A man accused of stabbing a miniature horse 41 times has been refused bail but his identity remains under wraps.

A man who organised a violent armed robbery has breached his parole despite having "a complete turnaround" while behind bars.

A man accused of stabbing a miniature horse 41 times has been refused bail.

Two Dunedin men have been convicted after they teamed up to sexually abuse a teenage girl after a night of drinking.

A former gang associate imported up to $13,000 of ecstasy in three months through the dark web, a court has heard.

A former national wrestling star with a penchant for drunken violence has chalked up two more convictions.

Two men who stole an arsenal of weapons from a Dunedin gun club member have been granted parole halfway through their respective prison terms.

A high-risk sex offender - while under the intensive scrutiny of Corrections - used a phone to access Tinder, despite being banned from internet use.

A man who knocked on a stranger's door before groping her and stabbing her in the neck is making "considerable progress" behind bars.

A repeat sex offender and child pornographer was associating with another paedophile and unlawfully using the man's computer, a court has heard.

The man who killed a woman in her Dunedin home while her 2-year-old daughter was in the room next door is still considered unfit for release - after 22 years in prison.

A Kaitangata man will spend the next 10 months at the home where he was found with firearms, 137 rounds of ammunition and $15,000 of cannabis.

A man who killed a woman in her Dunedin home while her 2-year-old daughter was in the room next door is still considered unfit for release – after 22 years in prison.