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A young Mosgiel man was clearly breaching the trust of his doctor when he sold or swapped prescription ritalin for cannabis to sell, Judge Stephen O'Driscoll said yesterday.

Two teenage males have been jailed for a spree of offending around rural Otago last August and a teenage girl whose role was to drive her two co-offenders was sentenced to community detention and c

A teenager who admitted his role in the arson death of a south Auckland woman last year has been jailed for two years, but given leave to apply for home detention.

A father who spent years using his three small children as "sexual playthings" shook his head as he began the 19-year prison term imposed in the Christchurch District Court today.

The Wanaka property owner awaiting criminal verdicts on five Building Act charges against her and nine charges against her company has been permitted to use 155 Tenby St as a residence after a ci

A man who fell from a balcony at a flat in Auckland on Wednesday night has died from his injuries.

A young Alexandra man's wrongful conviction on a driving charge four years ago was a major reason for a High Court judge's decision not to send him to prison yesterday for drug dealing.

A man found guilty of sex charges against girls aged 12 and 15 he met on the internet has lost his appeal against conviction.

An Alexandra man is awaiting sentence for an incident in which his wife died last September 5.

Bankruptcy proceedings brought against his former business partner, Rodney Humphries, by Maniototo farmer Ewan Carr over claims of a $238,000 debt were settled on confidential terms in the High Cou