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Horse stabber loses bid for name suppression

Reginald Ozanne says he has worked hard to turn his life around in recent years. PHOTO: GREGOR...

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Horse stabber loses bid for name suppression

A man who stabbed a horse to death and more recently brandished a knife at a bus stop has failed in his bid to have his identity suppressed.

Principal died of heart attack

Principal died of heart attack

A respected and much-loved Dunedin principal died of a heart attack, a coroner has found.

Dunedin principal died of heart attack - Coroner

Dunedin principal died of heart attack - Coroner

A respected and much-loved Dunedin principal died of a heart attack, a coroner has found.

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Driver who caused life-changing injury refused parole

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Driver who caused life-changing injury refused parole

A speeding driver who left a moped rider with life-changing injuries has been declined parole.

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Anti-stalking laws floated

Melee Dowle moved away from Dunedin to study because she feared bumping into her stalker. PHOTO:...

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Anti-stalking laws floated

An Otago teen who was harassed for three years is enthusiastic about proposed legislation targeting stalkers.

Driver in fatal crash jailed

An Oamaru teen driver who killed his passenger in a high-speed crash has been jailed for more than two years.

'My brother's in a grave': family's anger at teen killer driver

A “grossly intoxicated” teen killer driver from Oamaru will never be forgiven, the victim’s family say.

Man pleads guilty over stabbing

The trial began today at Dunedin District Court. File photo: ODT

Man pleads guilty over stabbing

A 21-year-old who fatally stabbed a man in Momona may yet avoid a spell behind bars.

Guilty plea over Momona stabbing death

A 21-year-old who fatally stabbed a man in Momona following a driving dispute has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

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Man who posed as prostitute to lure victim jailed

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Man who posed as prostitute to lure victim jailed

A Dunedin man who posed as a female prostitute online before robbing his victim at knifepoint has been locked up for more than two years.

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Diversion offered if damage paid for

Protesters barricaded themselves inside the University of Otago commerce building on August 1...

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Diversion offered if damage paid for

Three protesters who damaged a University of Otago building will avoid a conviction if they can each stump up nearly $5000.

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Conflicting accounts put to jury

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Conflicting accounts put to jury

The jury in a Dunedin sober-driver rape case will today grapple with "two wildly conflicting accounts" when deciding its verdicts.

Dunedin schoolgirl's stalker nightmare

A Dunedin stalker, whose dogged and bizarre pursuit of a teenage girl plagued her final years of high school, can now be unmasked.

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Strangler could not ‘control his anger’

Sio Faiva described his uncontrollable anger as being like a "red mist". PHOTO: ROB KIDD

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Man could not ‘control his anger’

A Dunedin man who strangled a woman until her lips went blue continued to pile on the abuse while on bail, a court has heard.

Road to ruin ends in jail time for manslaughter

Brent Tiddy has racked up a slew of convictions since being deported from Australia. PHOTO: ROB KIDD

Road to ruin ends in jail time for manslaughter

Brent James Tiddy was an accident waiting to happen.

Dunedin man had 11,000 child abuse files

Man finally admits amassing 11,000 child abuse files

A Dunedin man found with 11,000 child-sex-abuse files has finally admitted guilt while behind bars, putting his crimes down to "a stressful period" in his life.

Drink-driver jailed over mum-of-five's crash death

Brent James Tiddy was sentenced to jail at an appearance in the High Court at Dunedin today....

Drink-driver jailed over mum-of-five's crash death

A drink-driver who caused the death of a mother of five in a Waikouaiti crash has been jailed for four and a-half years.

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Obscenities spraypainted on ex-partner’s ute

Jennifer Scott was caught on video leaving the explicit messages. Photo: supplied

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Woman spraypainted obscenities on ex-partner’s ute

A former nurse who covered an ex-boyfriend’s vehicle in x-rated graffiti has been blasted by a judge over her attitude.

Citycare fined $120,000 for discharge of contaminants

Dunedin court buildings. PHOTO: ODT FILES

Citycare fined $120,000 for discharge of contaminants

A contracting company whose oversights resulted in human effluent being discharged into Clutha’s waterways has been fined $120,000.

City Care fined over human waste in water

Christchurch City Council-owned company fined over human waste in water

A Christchurch City Council-owned company has been fined for failing to prevent essentially untreated wastewater, including human sewage, escaping treatment plants.

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