Erin Cox

A Dunedin man accused of strangling and beating up his pregnant former partner has blamed the woman’s injuries on their pet dog.

A Dunedin woman who says her ex-partner strangled her while she was pregnant has told a jury about the perils of living in a "roller-coaster" relationship.

A Roxburgh dealer convicted of 20 drug charges says he was in the throes of addiction when he smeared dog faeces on a woman’s face.

A Dunedin man who shoved a child’s head through a wall is "not one to show emotion to any significant degree", his lawyer says.

A Dunedin woman has been jailed for drunkenly ramming into a flock of lambs, killing 29 of them as a shepherd attempted to steer them away from a destructive cyclone.

A judge told an Oamaru man charged with arson his "heat of the moment" decision to torch a car was totally unwarranted.

A Dunedin man has been jailed for more than eight years for sexually abusing his brother, once only metres away from a family grave.

A recidivist sex offender likened child abuse material to "alcohol for alcoholics", after police found his phone full of objectionable material in a hollowed-out bible.

A 13-year-old girl who was sexually groomed by a Milton man has been left questioning her identity after receiving a barrage of explicit content.

A man has been jailed for threatening a Dunedin killing spree, calling police with a fake bomb threat.

A judge told an Oamaru man he may need help with anger management after he rammed his wheelchair into a friend’s leg in the KFC carpark.

A Dunedin man fuelled by jealousy and malice brandished a knife at his ex-partner while his three young children were in the house.

A Dunedin meth dealer has been jailed after he threatened to stab two people who came to repossess his vehicle.