Rob Kidd

Two months after being released on parole, Shelley Lee Williams went on a drunken Dunedin crime spree that involved shoplifting, a racist rant, wild driving and squeezing a police officer's genitals.

Most petrol-station break-ins are smash and grab; time is of the essence. Not so in South Otago.

A woman accused of trying to burn down a central Dunedin hotel has been cleared without the jury even needing to deliberate.

A kindergarten teacher from Austria who admitted responsibility for a crash that killed a motorcyclist at Moeraki may apply to avoid conviction, a court has heard.

The actions of a man whose maniacal driving left a trail of destruction — including two dead sheep — in his wake have left a judge dumbfounded.

A fruit picker who allegedly caused a crash which left two people dead will appear in court next month.

A Fijian home-stay student stole his host’s underwear and secretly filmed her in the bathroom at least 40 times, a court has heard.

Two bottles of cider, a blocked toilet and a chainsaw proved to be an explosive combination for a Milton man.

An Oamaru man who impregnated his daughter will not undertake specialist sex-offender treatment while behind bars.

A senior gang member who blackmailed a Dunedin man out of up to $250,000 within two years has been denied parole.