Rob Kidd

A man who sold home-made spirits to 15-year-old girls, landing them in hospital vomiting violently, has been fined $500.

A Dunedin woman due to be sentenced on her fifth drink-driving conviction this week turned up so drunk she could barely stand.

A computer hotshot hit "rock bottom" after a dangerous drugged-driving incident, a court has heard.

When Joshua Murray Annear, high on methamphetamine, was pulled over by police after a spell of wild driving, he said he was glad he had been caught.

A beneficiary from Mosgiel managed to persuade a woman he was a high-flying software developer working for Microsoft.

Despite being beaten with a metal pole, a shearer's pregnant partner wants to resume her relationship with her attacker after he is released from jail.

A Dunedin man who seduced a 15-year-old girl over the internet has narrowly avoided a prison term for sexual offending.

A duo has admitted kidnapping a Dunedin man and abandoning him on a rural roadside.

Two brothers have admitted kidnapping a Dunedin man and abandoning him on a rural roadside.

A freezing worker who ran a drug-delivery business around Mosgiel will be confined to his home for the next six months.

A Dunedin judge accused of bias and excessively intervening during a trial has been cleared by the Court of Appeal.

A notorious Dunedin sex offender is arguing he should not have to wear a GPS tracker so his movements can be tracked.

A convicted murderer followed a woman around a Dunedin supermarket verbally abusing her over the custody of his son, a court has heard.

A Dunedin man is accused of remotely erasing evidence from his cellphone while police investigated him for child sex offending.

A man who hacked his partner's Facebook account in a bid to clear himself of assaulting her, claims he should have been sentenced to home detention.

Intrepid author David L Mearns's The Shipwreck Hunter reveals he could do with exploring modesty.

A Dunedin man’s 10th drink-driving conviction has landed him behind bars for 18 months.

A drunk student who punched a stranger on the street has failed in his bid to avoid conviction, despite claiming it might thwart his bid to join the army.