Ex-community board member convicted again
Ex-community board member convicted again
A disgraced former community board member has been convicted of drink-driving.
Rob Kidd
No longer ‘a drug fuelled maniac’
No longer ‘a drug fuelled maniac’
A graduate from the 100th class to complete a prison drug programme will no longer be a "drug-fuelled maniac on the streets", he says.
Employment Relations Authority rules disgraced officer be paid $11,250
Employment Relations Authority rules disgraced officer be paid $11,250
A disgraced Invercargill police officer who racially abused an Asian security guard has been awarded $11,250 after top brass botched his disciplinary probe.
Judge forced to step aside from case
Judge forced to step aside from case
A judge has been forced to withdraw from a domestic-violence case because his wife had regular coffee dates with ones of the parties involved.
Judge removed from Dunedin domestic case
Judge removed from Dunedin domestic violence case
A judge has been forced to withdraw from a domestic-violence case because his wife had regular coffee dates with ones of the parties involved.
Truck driver supported by victim and family
Truck driver supported by victim and family
A truck driver who ploughed through a pedestrian crossing into a schoolboy got some support from an unlikely source at sentencing.
Drink-driver threatened cameraman
Drink-driver threatened Highway Cops cameraman
It took a Waihola handyman 49 years to get his first conviction; his second was prompted just minutes after the first offence, driven by a desperation to avoid publicity.
Taggers given work sentences
Taggers given work sentences
A Christchurch man who came to Dunedin and tagged three buildings has objected to doing community work, because he is ''a very busy person with work''.
Pair inside longer after vicious assault
Pair inside longer after vicious assault
Two men who attacked a fellow inmate in the recreation yard have been sentenced to further jail time.
Planning of burglaries overstated; jail time cut
Planning of burglaries overstated; jail time cut
A Dunedin recidivist burglar has had his jail term reduced after the sentencing judge overstated the amount of planning that went into his crime spree.
Teen who wrote off car was unsupervised learner
Teen who wrote off car was unsupervised learner
A teenager who totalled her car after speeding through a residential Dunedin street "understands how lucky she is" to have walked away almost unscathed, a court has heard.
Royal wedding clash led to man beating wife
Clash over Royal wedding led to man beating wife with lamp cord
A family clash over viewing the Royal wedding led to a man beating his wife with a lamp cord.
Spurned boyfriend made attack on ex
Spurned boyfriend made attack on ex
A Dunedin man went after his ex-boyfriend with a broken bottle after finding him with a new partner, a court has heard.
Prison writing prize presented
Prison writing prize presented
The winner of the Otago Daily Times' prison writing competition choked back tears as he was presented with his prize yesterday.
Teen threatens to kill mother with crossbow
Teen threatens to kill mother with crossbow
A Milton teen who repeatedly spoke about murdering his mother with a firearm or crossbow will spend time behind bars because he has nowhere else to live.
Man stalks ex, urinates on new lover's car
Man stalks ex, urinates on new lover's car
A Dunedin man who stalked his ex-girlfriend and urinated on her new lover's car has been sentenced to home detention.
Inmate called victim on prison phone
Inmate repeatedly called victim on prison phone
An oversight by Corrections allowed an inmate to use a prison phone to illegally contact his victim more than 1000 times.
Justice system needs to change: Chief judge
Justice system needs to change: Chief judge
The Chief District Court Judge has called for an overhaul of the justice system, to avoid perpetuating the cycle of disadvantage, particularly for Maori.
A life lived out on the margins
A life lived out on the margins
When a 21-year-old man robbed a liquor store then stabbed a police officer who tried to arrest him, it was a new low point of a life lived in society’s margins.
High praise for prison writing prize winners
High praise for prison writing prize winners
The winner of the Otago Daily Times’ inaugural prison writing competition can finally be revealed in all its melancholic maritime majesty.