Rob Kidd

Warren John Cowley took a hammer to a fight in a Dunedin boarding house but it was he who ended up with 65 stitches, a fractured cheek bone and bleeding to his inner ear and eyes.

A Dunedin scientist faked prescriptions for painkillers so he could rid himself of the traumatic memories from his homeland, a court has heard.

A man who was prowling around the student sector late at night has avoided a conviction for burglary.

Community work is imposed by the court so offenders give something back to society, and hopefully to deter them from future offending.

A Dunedin scientist faked prescriptions for painkillers so he could rid himself of the traumatic memories from his homeland, a court has heard.

A teenager involved in a racist rant against an Indian man and a drunken attack on an Australian tourist at a family fun park in Wanaka has been sentenced to eight months' home detention.

A man who showed the ''highest degree of recklessness'' when slashing at a man's throat with a knife during a bar dispute has been jailed for 22 months.

A man who burgled two of his childhood homes to fuel his methamphetamine habit has narrowly avoided a prison term.

A man who showed the "highest degree of recklessness" when slashing at a man's throat with a knife during a dispute at a Dunedin bar has been jailed for 22 months.

A Dunedin nurse continued masturbating in public even when confronted by offended  witnesses,  a court has heard.

A man who apologised to his victim online after raping her twice in a secluded Dunedin walkway has been found guilty.

A police employee has been convicted of drink-driving after he was breathalysed in the Dunedin central station car park.

A "stupid game of Russian roulette" resulted in a man shooting his son twice with a staple gun, a court has heard.

A man who took police on a dramatic chase before eventually being found with more than 500 rounds of ammunition has been jailed for more than two years.

While Anthony Gregory Hall grabbed his partner around the throat, the woman's 4-year-old daughter screamed at him to stop.

A Dunedin man who tried to get back at his ex-girlfriend by torching her car made one obvious mistake, a court has heard.

A Dunedin doctor accused of murdering a teenager is also charged with indecent assault.

A man who subjected his partner to a brutal attack after a ''rubbish'' breakfast has been jailed for two and a-half years.