Court

It took Peter Graham Brooks nearly a year to gain the trust of his victim.

Two Dunedin burglars have managed to bring shame on four families, a judge says, thanks to their double-barrelled names.

A 2am Tinder rendezvous has led to a Dunedin woman being jailed on harassment charges, a court has heard.

A sex offender who abused a girl for three years will have nearly a year tacked on to his jail term after stealing a car from a rugby club.

A thief  who stole $70,000 of metal from a Central Otago company, dubbed by a judge ``the most manipulative person I have dealt with in a very long time'', has failed to have his convictions overturned.

A Dunedin man took a stolen bank card on an 800km round trip for the sake of $1600, a court has heard.

A teenage girl has told a jury her former stepfather raped her more than 50 times and it took more than six months for her mother to believe her claims.

A man who molested his granddaughter immediately offered her money to keep quiet, a court has heard.