Rob Kidd

A former national leader in the anti-drink-driving movement has been caught drink-driving.

A man who repeatedly assaulted his partner over the course of a year has been jailed for two years.

A disgruntled prisoner set fire to his cell because he was angry at being transferred to Otago, a court has heard.

Despite spending more than three years in prison, a violent offender shows no empathy for his victims, a report says.

The trial for a man accused of stabbing to death an 11-month-old sea lion has been abandoned.

A dairy farmer would tie cows up by their tails, a court has heard, and when the beasts bolted it ripped the ends off.

The Dunedin trial for a man accused of stabbing to death an 11-month-old sea lion has been abandoned.

A man who assaulted a Corrections officer and a fellow inmate is part of a growing trend of prison violence, a judge has said.

A Gore man who threatened to kill his partner while she held their newborn baby has avoided a term of imprisonment.

A scientist says the sea lion at the centre of a jury trial was stabbed while it was alive and would have most likely bled to death.

Dunedin police are warning students to lock their doors after a man was seen repeatedly creeping into a student flat during the day.

A Dunedin woman who ripped off a 94-year-old for more than $23,000 has sold her house to repay the victim.

A Dunedin woman who ripped off a 94-year-old for more than $23,000 after striking up a relationship as an informal care-giver has sold her house to repay the victim.

A Dunedin criminal who turned his life around to become a respected drug-and-alcohol counsellor has come full circle.

A department of Conservation ranger, on his way to retrieve a dead sea lion's body, bumped into the man later accused of killing it, a court has heard.

The ex-girlfriend of a man accused of stabbing a young sea-lion to death said he spoke repeatedly about killing the animal.

The man accused of stabbing a sea lion pup to death can now be named after suppression lapsed this morning.

A man accused of stabbing to death a sea lion pup became the focus of the police investigation after his daughter outed him as a suspect, a court has heard.

A man allegedly stabbed a sea-lion pup to death with a bayonet then claimed the police officer investigating him was having an affair.

A former Otago prisoner has admitted slitting the throat of a fellow inmate, using a razor blade fused to a piece of plastic.