Teen drug dealer escapes jail
Teen drug dealer escapes jail
A teenage cannabis dealer with a penchant for knives has avoided a jail term because he would just ''learn his trade as a criminal'', a judge says.
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Front-rower pays victim $10,000
Front-rower pays victim $10,000
A top young rugby player and former weightlifting world champion has been ordered to pay a student $10,000 after a brawl.
Alcohol undoing of Taika Waititi-linked child actor
Alcohol undoing of Taika Waititi-linked child actor
An award-winning actor and protege of director Taika Waititi has been locked up over his failure to complete a Dunedin rehab programme.
Year’s jail for injuring neighbour with fence paling
Year’s jail for injuring neighbour with fence paling
An Oamaru man who slashed his neighbour’s stomach with a broken fence paling during a drunken argument has been jailed for a year.
Driving ban follows ‘momentary’ lapse
Driving ban follows ‘momentary’ lapse
An argument between a mother and son in the car led to the woman’s car hitting the vehicle in front, causing a spectacular crash in which the victim received spinal injuries.
Thief who suffered online ‘abuse’ to pay victim $1128
Thief who suffered online ‘abuse’ to pay victim $1128
A Dunedin teen who stole four wheels from a vehicle and then faced the embarrassment of being filmed refitting them accepts he made an "idiotic decision".
Kannewischer found guilty of abusing girls
Kannewischer found guilty of abusing girls
An 85-year-old Dunedin man has been found guilty of sexually abusing six girls over the course of two decades.
Dunedin man found guilty of sexually abusing six girls
Dunedin man found guilty of sexually abusing six girls
A Dunedin 85-year-old has been found guilty of sexually abusing six girls over the course of two decades.
Teen made to pay for wheel theft
Teen made to pay for wheel theft
A Dunedin teen who stole wheels from a vehicle and was then filmed refitting them has had to pay the victim more than $1100.
Driving 'remarkably bad' - judge
Driving 'remarkably bad' - judge
A judge has been staggered by a Dunedin mechanic’s ‘‘remarkably’’ dangerous driving twice in the space of two weeks.
Accused exhibited ‘pattern of behaviour’
Accused exhibited ‘pattern of behaviour’
A Dunedin 85-year-old who allegedly abused six girls over the course of two decades exhibited "a pattern of behaviour", the Crown says.
Offending ‘mindless, unprovoked’
Offending ‘mindless, unprovoked’
After pointing a drunk man to a public toilet, a Good Samaritan was punched more than 10 times and decked twice in the aftermath.
Sex accused showed 'pattern of behaviour'
Sex accused showed pattern of behaviour: Crown
A Dunedin 85-year-old who allegedly abused six girls over the course of two decades exhibited “a pattern of behaviour”, the Crown says.
Budding pilot pays groping victim $10k
Budding pilot pays groping victim $10k
A prospective pilot who crept into a drunk woman's bed and molested her will keep his aviation goals alive by paying the victim $10,000.
Man arrested after high-speed chase named
Man arrested after high-speed chase named
A man accused of a South Otago aggravated robbery was allegedly found with more than 500 rounds of ammunition when detained by police.
Community work for 'old school' outburst
Community work sentence for assault, resisting
After throwing punches at police officers and being pepper-sprayed, a Dunedin man explained his outburst by saying he was "old school''.
'I would've lost everything'
Player narrowly escapes jail
A Dunedin rugby league player who narrowly avoided a prison term says he ''would've just gone backwards'' if he had gone to jail.
Groped years later by man who raped her: woman
Groped years later by man who raped her: woman
A woman claims almost a decade after being raped, the same man groped her when she was married and had a child.
Judge slams DHB over mental-health report delays
Judge slams DHB over mental-health report delays
The Chief District Court Judge has issued a ''please explain'' to the Southern District Health Board over the region's excessive waiting times for mental-health reports.
Man 'raped girl while wife giving birth'
Night-time was 'pretty scary', witness says
A Dunedin man allegedly raped a 12-year-old girl while his wife was in hospital giving birth, a court has heard.