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‘Nothing funny’ about play-fighting
A knife-wielding Dunedin teen appeared to attack someone just metres from where a fatal stabbing took place at the city’s bus hub, a court has heard.
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Sex offender breached internet ban
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Sex offender breached internet ban
A recidivist sex offender set up a secret social media page when banned from accessing the internet, a court has heard.
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Property manager took $11K in rent to feed meth addiction
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Property manager took $11K in rent to feed meth addiction
A Dunedin property manager used tenants’ rent payments to pay his meth bills, a court has heard.
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Resisting, fleeing, shoplifting thirsty work
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Resisting, fleeing, shoplifting thirsty work
During a three-week booze bender, a Dunedin man stole seven bottles of cider, 60 RTDs, a box of beer and tried to escape police three times.
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Killer pleads guilty to prison assault
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Killer pleads guilty to prison assault
A convicted murderer has continued his pattern of ‘‘brutal and ferocious’’ violence while in prison, a court has heard.
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High-risk Dunedin sex criminal back behind bars
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High-risk Dunedin sex criminal back behind bars
A high-risk sex offender has been jailed again for flouting a court order.
‘Constant fear’: Rapist jailed
Rapist added to wall of shame, victim living in ‘constant fear'
A woman who was raped by a stranger who broke into her flat says she now lives in "constant fear".
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Prisoner ‘exited’ from rehab
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Prisoner ‘exited’ from rehab
A man who stabbed his flatmate to death is back in prison after getting kicked out of a Dunedin rehabilitation programme.
Identity of manslaughter-accused revealed
Identity of manslaughter-accused revealed
A man who allegedly caused a fatal crash in Port Chalmers has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and can now be named.
‘Constant fear’: rapist jailed
‘Constant fear’: rapist jailed
A woman who was raped by a stranger who broke into her Dunedin flat says she now lives in "constant fear".
Cosy Dell rapist sentenced
Cosy Dell rapist sentenced
A man with "psychopathic traits" who broke into a flat and raped a student will be subject to a rare open-ended jail term.
'Demons inside': Cosy Dell rapist gets rare open-ended jail sentence
'Demons inside': Cosy Dell rapist gets rare open-ended jail sentence
A man with "psychopathic traits" who broke into a Dunedin flat and raped a student will be subject to a rare open-ended jail term.
Man charged over fatal Port Chalmers crash pleads not guilty
Man charged over fatal Port Chalmers crash pleads not guilty
A man who allegedly caused a fatal crash in Port Chalmers has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and can now be named.
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90-day trials plan sparks protest
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90-day trials plan sparks protest
A five-year employment stoush between a mental-health charity and the union has come to a head on a Dunedin street.
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Year’s home detention for assault and injuring child
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Year’s home detention for assault and injuring child
A day after attacking someone he believed had abused his child, an Oamaru man pinched his own daughter so hard he drew blood.
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Assault while on bail adds to jail time
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Assault while on bail adds to jail time
A high-profile criminal who beat up his former partner in front of their children has been granted name suppression.
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No jury not an option: trial postponed
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No jury not an option: trial postponed
A Dunedin sex trial has been postponed after the court ran out of jurors to hear the case.
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Conman wrecks countless lives
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Conman wrecks countless lives
Dalliston Dias fled the country this month amid intense scrutiny from Immigration over treatment of the workers at his Dunedin-based painting business.
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Dunedin man found guilty of psychological abuse
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Dunedin man found guilty of psychological abuse
A former government employee has been found guilty of psychologically abusing his ex-partner.
Man took his own life after police cannabis bust
45-year-old man took his own life after police cannabis bust
Another man arrested as part of Operation Vintage died by suicide a year after his arrest.