Rob Kidd

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Burned by a Walter Mitty

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Burned by a Walter Mitty

Why settle for being a bus driver or security guard when you can be a globetrotting millionaire property investor? Rob Kidd reports on a Dunedin man who blurred the lines between fantasy and reality.

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Children hid while mother beaten

Dunedin District Court. Photo: ODT files

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Children hid while mother beaten

After a Dunedin father’s violent domestic rampage, police found his pyjama-clad children hiding in a shed.

Not guilty plea to livestreaming chase

A driver filmed himself evading police for several hours until his vehicle was spiked near...

Not guilty plea to livestreaming chase

A Balclutha man who allegedly livestreamed a high-speed, 230km police chase has pleaded not guilty.

Doctor fails to escape conviction after tax evasion

Asheer Singh will now be referred to the Medical Council of New Zealand after being convicted of...

Doctor fails to escape conviction after tax evasion

The Highlanders team doctor who evaded nearly $140,000 in taxes has failed to side-step a conviction.

Number of tax prosecutions diminishing

Number of tax prosecutions diminishing

Dunedin doctor Asheer Singh was the subject of one of a dwindling handful of prosecutions by the IRD, figures show.

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Charged with paying 15-year-old for sex, selling meth

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Charged with paying 15-year-old for sex, selling meth

A prominent figure in the Dunedin entertainment industry has been charged with paying a 15-year-old girl for sex and selling methamphetamine.

'Greed and entitlement' drove Highlanders team doctor's tax fraud

Asheer Singh in court today. Photo: Rob Kidd

'Greed and entitlement' drove Highlanders team doctor's tax fraud

The Highlanders team doctor who evaded nearly $140,000 in taxes admits his motive was “self-entitlement and greed”.

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Ashtray used in attack on ex-girlfriend's new man

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Ashtray used in attack on ex-girlfriend's new man

An attack driven by jealousy has landed a Dunedin man in prison for nearly two and a-half years.

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Man's violent attacks left partner unconscious

Cameron Welsh blamed his attacks on financial stress and being off his medication. PHOTO: ROB KIDD

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Man's violent attacks left partner unconscious

A Dunedin man who strangled, punched, head-butted and bit his partner during three months of extreme violence has been jailed for nearly four years.

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Former uni pro-chancellor facing serious sex charges

Bruce Aitken, pictured here in 2009, is accused of abusing a boy in Dunedin during the 1990s....

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Former uni pro-chancellor facing serious sex charges

A former Dunedin lawyer and recipient of a Queen’s Birthday honour faces serious sex charges, it can now be revealed.

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Explicit videos sent to win back ex-partner

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Dunedin man sent explicit videos to win back ex-partner

A Dunedin man’s relentless pursuit of his ex-partner included sending her 1000 messages in 10 days and videos of him performing sex acts.

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Wrecked hotel room to ‘get arrested’

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Wrecked hotel room to ‘get arrested’

A man whose rock’n’roll antics caused $10,000 of damage to a Dunedin hotel room did it to "get arrested".

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How web of lies eventually unravelled

Garth McLachlan was jailed for a year but is understood to be considering an appeal. PHOTO: ROB KIDD

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How web of lies eventually unravelled

When Garth McLachlan was jailed this week, it was 27 months since the hit-and-run that claimed the life of a beloved Owaka farmer.

Man lied to hide responsibility for death

McLachlan was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment after a judge ruled home detention was an...

'You made a mockery of his funeral': Man lied to hide responsibility for death

Just hours after his friend was found dead on the road Garth McLachlan’s lies began.

Lies told to hide responsibility for death

Just hours after his friend was found dead on an Owaka road Garth McLachlan’s lies began.

Clutha man who killed friend called 'gutless coward'

Alun Garth McLachlan in court today. Photo: Rob Kidd

Clutha man who killed friend called 'gutless coward'

A Clutha man who ran over his friend and left him for dead has been labelled a “gutless coward” by the victim’s family.

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Blackmailer sent back to prison

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Blackmailer sent back to prison

A Dunedin honey-trap blackmailer is back behind bars after just two months on parole.

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Extra jail time for assault on officer

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Extra jail time for assault on officer

A Corrections officer was left battered and bruised after two Otago prisoners attacked him in a caged corridor, a court has heard.

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Vicious rapist gets seven-year sentence

A judge called Dean Henderson’s rape "unusually callous". PHOTO: ROB KIDD

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Vicious rapist gets seven-year sentence

A Dunedin man’s vicious rape — which he filmed on his victim’s phone — was "sexual violence in its truest form", a court has heard.

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'Terf' nurse's homeless plea prompts check

Jennifer Scott initially posted a photo of her and her partner, Gresham Marsh, aka David Jones,...

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Homeless plea on Givealittle prompts check from Corrections

A convicted double murderer in a relationship with a controversial Dunedin former nurse is being "closely managed", Corrections says.

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