The owner of a miniature horse slain in a brutal stabbing attack is disappointed its attacker has only been jailed for two and a half years over the "crazy evil act".
After breaching the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions three times in two weeks, a Balclutha woman was finally arrested after dousing a police officer in wine.
"If there’s anybody in this courtroom who understands the consequences of drinking and driving, it should be you," a judge told a recidivist offender previously convicted of drink-driving causing death.