Rob Kidd

A 71-year-old convicted murderer will remain behind bars after laundering money for an international fraud syndicate.

A man who paid a 14-year-old girl $20 for consecutive sexual liaisons in the library has been jailed for more than three years.

A man who repeatedly raped his wife and choked her until her face went purple has been jailed for four and a-half years - despite the victim's pleas for home detention.

After punching his partner in front of their children, a Dunedin man went into damage-control mode.

An outspoken Dunedin barrister is the newest member of the country’s  legal elite but she says two letters after her name will not change her.

A Dunedin rugby player who punched a man unconscious claimed a conviction would end his dreams of playing professionally overseas.

A Dunedin barrister and Southland lawyer are among those to receive the prestigious accolade of “Queen’s Counsel” today.

A cruise company whose negligence led to the death of a crew member in a Port Otago gas-cylinder explosion may have to shoulder a huge bill.

A man who threatened a mechanic and his mother — aged in her 70s — with a loaded crossbow has been sentenced to home detention.

A Dunedin tech expert used a piece of "malicious" computer code which caused his estranged business partner losses of $120,000, a court has heard.

A Dunedin man who robbed a bank using a wheel brace in a sock has been jailed for seven years.

A delusional transient man was so paranoid people were out to get him, he barricaded himself in a room and set fire to his pillow, a court has heard.

A Dunedin doctor accused of the murder of a teenage girl was back before the court yesterday but the public were shut out and the media gagged.

A Dunedin doctor accused of the murder of a teenage girl is back before the court today but the public have been shut out and the media gagged.

A Mosgiel man involved in two aggravated robberies targeting Holden Commodores has been jailed for nearly three years.

A Dunedin stalker went berserk in a pharmacy just weeks after her release from prison, a court has heard.

A hockey umpire who stalked an Otago women's rep player has dodged a conviction so he can pursue his dream of officiating overseas.

A couple of weeks after Jeffrey Douglas Coward was charged with drink-driving, police went to serve him with a court summons - and caught him at it again.

A Dunedin man who was left with a $15,000 bill after smashing into two cars can pay it immediately thanks to a Justice Ministry error.