Felicity Dear

Gang members implicated in drive-by shootings and attempted murder following a major police sting have pleaded not guilty.

An Invercargill woman who tried to scam the court, Work and Income and elderly rest-home residents has avoided a term of imprisonment.

An Invercargill man who eye-gouged a police officer for the second time called his offending a "copy and paste".

After seven years of sexual offending, a 55-year-old Invercargill man has been sent to prison for a decade.

A Southland man has been fined $15,000 over a four-year environmental legal battle.

A young man described by a victim as "drunk and relentless" beat up three people on a night out, a court has heard.

Chaos was caused on Invercargill streets earlier this year by a man who chased police with a home-made sword.

A man who drove under the influence of methamphetamine and diazepam, causing a three-car crash, was told he will die if he does not control his addiction.

A judge is concerned a sentence she imposed on an intellectually disabled man "may be setting him up to fail".

A tattooed offender who beat up a former friend has been given a rehabilitative sentence by a judge who urged "don’t blow it".

A man who robbed an Invercargill dairy and threatened a worker with a butcher’s knife last year has been sent to prison.

A woman who stole close to $80,000 from small businesses over a seven-year period took advantage of the owners in times of turmoil, a court had heard.

More arrests have been made following a wide-reaching police sting into the Mongrel Mob in Southland.

Eleven members of the Mongrel Mob have been arrested — and four charged with attempted murder — following an 18-month police investigation.

Ten members of the Mongrel Mob have been arrested - and four charged with attempted murder - following an 18-month police investigation.

A con-artist who obtained more than $31,000 by swindling people on Facebook Marketplace has been sent to prison.

WorkSafe is taking court action against an Otago company over the 2017 death of a truck driver killed by a vehicle in Bluff. 

A former Southland Stag flanker has been sent to prison for the third time.

A public-facing professional who lied about crashing a boat cannot be named after an 11th-hour suppression order was made by a judge.