Felicity Dear

A Dunedin man "violently" shook a stranger’s pram and pushed it over causing the baby to fall head-first on to the concrete, a court has heard.

A man who bit his 2-month-old baby has been reprimanded by a judge who called the offending ‘‘outrageous’’.

A man who tormented his on-off partner by claiming he killed her pet cat put his actions down to medication making him feel ‘‘out of sorts’’.

A 13-year-old messaged a friend that he planned to "f... up" a snitch on the day he fatally stabbed another teen at the Dunedin bus hub, a court has heard.

A 13-year-old said "that’s what you deserve" after he fatally stabbed a schoolboy at Dunedin’s bus hub, a security guard who was there says.

A Dunedin man who sexually offended against two children and coerced one to get naked and play football with him has been jailed for more than six years.

A former police officer has been arrested for growing cannabis, a court has heard.

A dispute over feeding the ducks at the Dunedin Botanic Garden ended with one woman biting another, a court has heard.

A relentless drunken attack by two university students left one of their victims with a fractured jaw, a court has heard.

A man with 14 broken ribs ran into traffic to escape his assailant, a court has heard.

A jury has cleared a Dunedin man of six sexual assault charges after he insisted the allegations were made up.

A Dunedin man bashed a seagull to death then decapitated it because he believed it had stolen his food, a court has heard.

A man on trial for sexual assault charges has accused a teenager of making up the allegations.

A teenager at the centre of a sexual assault trial has stressed she did not make up the complaint for attention, a jury has heard.

A Dunedin drummer has admitted drunkenly sending "nonsensical" texts to his former partner in breach of a court order.