Driver’s wild ride leads to 22-month prison term
Driver’s wild ride leads to 22-month prison term
A Balclutha man who led police on a chaotic chase up and down State Highway 1 has been jailed for 22 months.
Rob Kidd
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Drug-driver crashed into bar
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Drug-driver crashed into bar
A drugged-up driver smashed into a central Dunedin bar then tried to hide from police on the roof of an apartment building, a court has heard.
Man jailed after 230km police chase
'F*** they got us': Man jailed after 230km high-speed police chase
A man who led police on a chaotic 230km chase up and down State Highway 1 with a 2-year-old in the back seat has been jailed for 22 months.
Man behind 'appalling' chase across Otago jailed
Man behind 'appalling' chase across Otago jailed
A Balclutha man who led police on a chaotic 230km chase up and down State Highway 1 has been jailed for 22 months.
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Man hit, told to go back to the Philippines
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Man hit, told to go back to the Philippines
A dairy worker who coward-punched a Japanese man and told him to "go back to the Philippines" says he is not a racist.
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‘Scumbag’: criminal lets loose flurry of abuse at judge
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‘Scumbag’: criminal lets loose flurry of abuse at judge
A prolific criminal, who has spent half his adult life in prison, called a judge a "scumbag mother......" after his partner was ejected from court.
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Former serviceman’s offence ‘nasty’
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Former serviceman’s offence ‘nasty’
A decorated and disgraced former serviceman who was kicked out of the army has now been convicted of "nasty, putrid offending".
Court to hear public protection order application again
Court to hear public protection order application again
For nearly eight years, an ultra-high-risk Dunedin sex offender has lived in a facility, penned by 4m-high electric fences, watched 24 hours a day.
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Prisoner accepts parole unlikely
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Prisoner accepts parole unlikely
An Otago prisoner who sexually assaulted his cellmate says he is content to see out his sentence without prospect of parole.
‘Wholly violent’ road rage attack occurred while serving sentence
‘Wholly violent’ road rage attack occurred while serving sentence
A Kaitangata man responsible for a "wholly violent and determined" road-rage attack was serving a sentence at the time, a court has heard.
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Man ran social media group chat for drug dealers
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Man ran social media group chat for drug dealers
A Dunedin man who ran a social media group chat for drug dealers and buyers told family he "couldn’t put up with being poor".
Jailed for road-rage attack, but out soon
Kaitangata man jailed for road-rage attack, but out soon
A Kaitangata man who used an extendable baton and a car jack during a road-rage attack on a truck driver has been jailed for 20 months.
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Child sex offender denied parole again
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Child sex offender denied parole again
A Fijian national who sexually abused a boy and gave him bank cards in a bid to silence him has been declined parole again.
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Child porn trader gets early release
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Child porn trader gets early release
A Dunedin man who traded sexual-abuse material featuring children as young as 3 has been released after two years in prison.
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Differing sentences given for aggravated robbery
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Differing sentences given for aggravated robbery
Two men involved in a Dunedin street attack found themselves on the end of vastly differing sentences this week.
Humble heroes honoured
Humble heroes honoured
Ten people who played crucial roles in thwarting a Dunedin supermarket stabber’s frenzied attack have been honoured for their selfless acts.
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Release of sex offender healer proof ‘the system is broken’
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Release of sex offender healer proof ‘the system is broken’
Warning: distressing content. A Dunedin healer who sexually assaulted seven of his clients will be released from jail 18 months before the end of his sentence.
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Sex offender to remain behind bars
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Sex offender to remain behind bars
A high-risk sex offender who used a hollowed-out bible to stash child-abuse material will be in prison for at least another 16 months.
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Nurse’s theft from patients ‘deceit of the highest level’
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Nurse’s theft from patients ‘deceit of the highest level’
A nurse's theft of more than $20,000 from vulnerable patients at Dunedin Hospital was "deceit of the highest level", a judge says.
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Nightclub worker indecently assaulted underage patron
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Nightclub worker indecently assaulted underage patron
A Dunedin nightclub worker who plied a schoolgirl with drinks and sexually abused her was arrested at the airport as he awaited a flight home to Japan, a court has heard.