Ella Scott-Fleming

A man who went on a thieving spree in Invercargill, stealing from his previous partner, her son and a local primary school, had a criminal record spanning 10 pages, a court has heard.

A man who held his previous partner hostage for 15 hours, strangling her twice and forcing her to take MDMA, has failed to have his sentence reduced.

A Southland man who held his previous partner hostage for 15 hours, strangling her twice and forcing her to take MDMA, has failed to have his sentence reduced.

The family of a man killed by a drug-driver in a head-on collision have urged the offender to take responsibility and become a man of “honour, grit and strength”. 

A teen who held his victims hostage at a remote Southland farmhouse with an airgun said acts of violence "gave him a rush better than drugs".

A Southland freezing worker has been found guilty of murder and attempted murder following a drug deal gone wrong.

A man convicted of the rare charge of bigamy was dobbed in by his first wife, a court has heard.

Prosecutors say an Invercargill man accused of murder deliberately chose a boning knife to attack his victims because he knew the damage it would do. 

A man has been jailed for using a golf club to smash the windows of a Gore family’s car, home and business.

An Invercargill man gave his estranged father a prolonged beating for "abandoning him", leaving the carpet soaked in blood, a court has heard.

A man has been jailed for using a golf club to smash the windows of a Gore family’s car, home and business.

An Invercargill man sent nude photos of his ex-partner to her sister, a court has heard.

A woman in a nun’s costume repeatedly stabbed a man on Halloween, causing him to be prematurely pronounced dead.

A man has been accused of a violent outburst in the Invercargill District Court, headbutting and spitting on staff.