Rob Kidd

George William Millar hobbled to the dock yesterday a squat, weak, old man.

All Black great Sir Colin Meads acted as a ``guinea pig'' for an Invercargill company's deer velvet products, a court has heard.

A man who lost control of his car on a central Dunedin street and wiped out two cars and a trailer came out with "one of the daftest explanations" a judge had ever heard.

A Cromwell grandfather has been given a blast by a judge after fraudulently claiming to be a policeman and then chasing a man around his property.

When John Henry McNamee hit black ice and crashed his car, it was only the start of his problems.

A Cromwell grandfather has been given a blast by a judge after fraudulently claiming to be a policeman and then chasing a man round his property.

A Christchurch man who beat someone to death with a wheel lock, wrapped their body in a carpet before burning and dumping them argues the murder was not one of extreme callousness and brutality.

On the surface, Dorothy Winifred Pearson was a dutiful citizen, helping her elderly neighbour with her groceries.

A Dunedin police officer is recovering at home after being struck by a courier van while on duty.

A man who assaulted three supermarket staff members in quick succession after a two-day bender has been jailed for eight months.

The Dunedin doctor accused of murdering teenager Amber-Rose Rush has taken his bid for bail to the Court of Appeal.

For the first time in nearly 15 years, the Court of Appeal is sitting in Dunedin - and it will not be the last.

A Central Otago shearer has been found guilty of raping his ex-partner while his three children waited outside the man's home.

A couple who allegedly kidnapped a man in North Dunedin at the weekend have been bailed and ordered to surrender their passports.

A Dunedin man who sexually violated two women will remain behind bars until he has received counselling.

A couple who allegedly kidnapped a man in North Dunedin at the weekend have been bailed and ordered to surrender their passports.

A Central Otago shearer allegedly raped his ex-partner in his cabin after putting their three young children into a vehicle outside.

An  Invercargill supplement company which misrepresented the amount of deer velvet in its product can now be named after nearly three years before the courts.