Rob Kidd

The former partner of a Balclutha strangler says she fears the man’s next victim will not escape with their life.

For a year, Jamie Curtis Pene broke into central Dunedin businesses at night and emptied their tills, staying one step ahead of police.

Two Otago prisoners have had their stay behind bars extended after they inflicted more than 40 blows on another inmate.

An Otago man who sexually abused three underage girls — one of whom he blackmailed — has been released from prison.

A dog owner who aggressively berated his pets needs to be "better trained himself", a judge says.

A Dunedin lawyer has been censured after having an intimate relationship with a client and breaching her privacy.

A rapist whose jailhouse attack led to another inmate’s death has been refused parole again.

A dispute over a $500 pokie jackpot led to a violent pack attack against an intellectually disabled man, a court has heard.

A dangerous sex offender, locked up indefinitely, has been convicted of more historical indecencies.

A man who hacked off his electronic tracker and travelled 135km to attack his former partner did not show up to his first parole hearing.

A respected member of the Dunedin immigrant community has been convicted of domestic abuse — three years after the court gave him a second chance.

The getaway driver in a vicious armed robbery in Dunedin has joined his co-offenders behind bars.

A South Otago man who stabbed a teenager to death has been paroled - despite maintaining his irrational explanation for the murder.

Two men instigated a violent daylight street robbery in central Dunedin over a $100 drug debt, a court has head.

A "depraved, degrading, disgusting and vile" sex offender continues to deny his crimes and says he will see out his 11-year prison term.