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Violent Dunedin man to stay locked up
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Violent Dunedin man to stay locked up
A Dunedin man who beat up his partner then twice impersonated a police officer will be locked up for at least another six months.
Rob Kidd
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‘Issues’ seen in prison treatment for sex offender
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‘Issues’ seen in prison treatment for sex offender
A Dunedin 21-year-old who traded depraved child-abuse videos online may not be suitable for treatment while in prison, the Parole Board says.
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Officer’s finger bitten to bone
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Officer’s finger bitten to bone
An Australian 501 deportee bit the finger of an Otago Corrections Facility officer so hard he exposed the bone, a court has heard.
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Jail term extended over drug bid
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Jail term extended over drug bid
A gang member who persuaded a woman to smuggle methamphetamine into prison has had his stay behind bars extended.
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'This will ruin my career': Child-abuser lacks ‘insight’
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'This will ruin my career': Child-abuser lacks ‘insight’
An Otago man who abused a young girl and was found with 182 child-abuse images says he is not a sexual predator and that his crimes were "a brain explosion" and "a joke".
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Man who stabbed woman denied parole
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Man who stabbed woman denied parole
A Tongan man who repeatedly stabbed an Oamaru mother of four in front of her family has been declined parole at his first hearing.
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Sex offender tried to buy victim's silence
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Offender yet to undertake specialist treatment
A man who violated a boy then tried to buy his silence will remain in prison for at least another year.
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Judge ‘really impressed’ with rehabilitative work
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Judge ‘really impressed’ with rehabilitative work
A gang president says he has turned his back on his outlaw family in favour of his real whanau.
Plot to import cocaine thwarted by police
Plot to import cocaine thwarted by police
An Australian ex-stripper joked about buying a petrol station while on the way to retrieve $27 million of cocaine from a ship docked in Dunedin, a court has heard.
Former stripper admits part in cocaine plot
Former stripper admits part in cocaine plot
An Australian ex-stripper who came to Dunedin in a bungled attempt to retrieve $27m of cocaine for an "organised crime syndicate" has pleaded guilty.
Ex-stripper in Dunedin cocaine plot 'willing to give anything a shot'
Ex-stripper in Dunedin cocaine plot 'willing to give anything a shot'
An Australian ex-stripper nicknamed Matty Thunder has admitted his part in a bungled attempt to retrieve $27m of cocaine in Dunedin for an "organised crime syndicate.
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Number one rule breached on release
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Number one rule breached on release
Shaun Gage-Apiata thought he had found a wee loophole in his drug-testing regime.
Man admits baton charge in truck attack
Man admits baton charge in truck attack
A Kaitangata man has admitted wielding an extendable baton in a protracted road-rage attack on a truck driver south of Dunedin.
Man pleads not guilty to boarding house arson
Man pleads not guilty to boarding house arson
A man accused of starting the fire which gutted a Dunedin boarding house will take the case to trial.
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Erratic behaviour continues in prison
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Erratic behaviour continues in prison
A man who kicked a woman so hard she was unable to urinate for two days has continued his erratic behaviour while in prison.
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Killer back in jail after ‘episodes’
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Killer back in jail after ‘episodes’
A Dunedin murderer spent just five months on parole and is now back behind bars after some "concerning episodes".
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'Indescribable' grief: Buis family's anguish over death
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'Indescribable' grief: Buis family's anguish over death
Police have not ruled out further arrests 17 months on from the parkside killing of Dunedin man Sean Buis whose family have spoken of 'indescribable' grief.
Dealer who mowed down Dunedin man jailed
Unity Park death: Dealer who mowed down Dunedin man jailed
A drug-dealer who fatally mowed down a Dunedin man over a $350 debt has been jailed.
Caught in a nightmare of violence and lies
Caught in a nightmare of violence and lies
A Dunedin man believed his new boyfriend was funny, driven, authentic — not a veteran criminal with dozens of convictions. Rob Kidd reports on a hook-up that became a...
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Ex-teacher illegally sold pistols
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Ex-teacher illegally sold pistols
A retired teacher who illegally sold three pistols could have unwittingly put them in the hands of the "underworld", a judge says.