Rob Kidd

The star-studded judging panel for the Otago Daily Times’ prison creative-writing competition can now be revealed.

A man who shoplifted ammunition days before the Christchurch mosque attacks’ second anniversary says he feels like "scum".

A gang enforcer who repeatedly beat a prospect as part of a "conditioning ritual" will likely serve his time behind bars without early release.

A former gang member found with two sawn-off rifles says he has left the outlaw lifestyle behind.

A rapist who got a job volunteering for Christian charity when he struck again will have his sentence appealed by the Solicitor-general.

A teenage refugee was subjected to protracted, livestreamed beatings by her own family after supposedly bringing shame on them, a court has heard.

The mastermind behind a $500,000 Dunedin cannabis ring has been locked up for three and a-half years.

A man accused of smashing up the Dunedin City Council's reception area before he was subdued by armed police allegedly threatened to kill a judge and a high-profile lawyer.

A driver who fatally reversed over his mate at a truck stop will pay his victim’s family $15,000.

A dog that mauled a woman outside a Dunedin gig had bitten a child’s face two years earlier, a court has heard.

A man who targeted some of Dunedin’s most salubrious suburbs during a lengthy burglary spree has been released from prison.

A failed armed robbery of a Dunedin car yard has resulted in three men being jailed.

The Otago Daily Times prison creative-writing competition is back and promises to be bigger than ever.

The Salvation Army is under fire again after it emerged another sex offender spent years working for the Christian charity.

For some, the elevation to the judicial bench is a huge career leap.

A drug dealer who was arrested just days before sitting the final exams of his four-year university degree has avoided imprisonment.