Rob Kidd

Public were locked out of the Dunedin District Court this morning after a serious threat was made yesterday.

A former veteran firefighter is accused of waiting outside a woman's Mosgiel home until guests left before raping her in her own bed.

An international footballer has avoided conviction after groping a woman in a Dunedin bar and telling her: "abuse is a way of life".

Three people implicated in a recent spate of armed robberies at Dunedin dairies will have their names  suppressed until they next appear in court in three weeks.

Three people implicated in a recent spate of armed robberies at Dunedin dairies will have their names secret until they next appear in three weeks.

After four years of sobriety, a Kaitangata women fell off the wagon spectacularly, a court has heard.

A Court of Appeal ruling on a Dunedin case, which has "changed the state of the law", has resulted in a man's jail term being reduced by five months.

A Dunedin burglar, whose eight-day crime spree netted him more than $10,000 of jewellery, has been jailed for four years.

A prisoner who attacked a man accused of a Christchurch murder has had more than two years added to his jail sentence.

After more than 21 years in prison, a man who murdered a Dunedin woman is now a minimum-security inmate working as a cleaner in the jail's admin building.

A Dunedin truck driver had to be stabilised in the dock by security staff when he was acquitted of sex charges yesterday.

A Dunedin mother of three who assisted in the armed robbery of a hotel will care for two children behind bars, a court has heard.

When Joshua Karl Smith slunk into the Law Courts Hotel three days before Christmas last year, he knew what he was doing.

Tearful families spat insults at each other as a Dunedin builder was jailed for nearly 15 years for the prolonged sexual abuse of his stepdaughter.

A teenager has described the moment a girl woke him up saying a man had just attempted to rape her.

A juror in a Dunedin sex trial has been dismissed from his role after he fell asleep at least twice while listening to evidence.