A letter threatening legal action if convicted fraudster
Michael Swann was not given a favourable parole outcome is
''outrageous'', and could harm his chance of an early
release, a criminologist warns.
A man who robbed the same Dunedin dairy three times may not
have waved a knife at his victims, but the presence of the
weapon undoubtedly ''inflicted terror'' on them, a judge said
yesterday.
Plans to rejig parking to improve the safety of cyclists on
Dunedin's main thoroughfares have been approved after many
questions and some criticism from city councillors.
Dunedin police are investigating whether a theft at the
Dunedin Holiday Park is related to the discovery of a half
naked man found asleep under a tarpaulin within the enclosed
premises.
