Rob Kidd

A former Dunedin firefighter has been acquitted of rape.

A Dunedin man who molested a 4-year-old girl after celebrating her birthday and called a 10-year-old his girlfriend has been jailed for nearly three years.

When police raided Samuel Leigh Ebdell's home they were looking for evidence of blackmail.

A former nurse wept in the dock as the court heard details of him sexually assaulting his granddaughter.

Two women agreed to fight over a man; one brought a knife.

A man who made threats at the Dunedin District Court this week sparked extra security at three locations around the city.

A man sent his ex-partner song lyrics and photos of him self-harming in breach of a judge's order, a court has heard.

Public were locked out of the Dunedin District Court this morning after a serious threat was made yesterday.

A former veteran firefighter is accused of waiting outside a woman's Mosgiel home until guests left before raping her in her own bed.

An international footballer has avoided conviction after groping a woman in a Dunedin bar and telling her: "abuse is a way of life".

Three people implicated in a recent spate of armed robberies at Dunedin dairies will have their names  suppressed until they next appear in court in three weeks.

Three people implicated in a recent spate of armed robberies at Dunedin dairies will have their names secret until they next appear in three weeks.

After four years of sobriety, a Kaitangata women fell off the wagon spectacularly, a court has heard.

A Court of Appeal ruling on a Dunedin case, which has "changed the state of the law", has resulted in a man's jail term being reduced by five months.

A Dunedin burglar, whose eight-day crime spree netted him more than $10,000 of jewellery, has been jailed for four years.

A prisoner who attacked a man accused of a Christchurch murder has had more than two years added to his jail sentence.

After more than 21 years in prison, a man who murdered a Dunedin woman is now a minimum-security inmate working as a cleaner in the jail's admin building.