Rob Kidd

A scholarship student says his arrest on drug charges has been a "blessing in disguise''.

A Dunedin man who spent months on the run before ramming a police car and being bitten by a dog has failed in his appeal.

A three-day drinking binge has led to a Dunedin man being jailed  for repeatedly calling the emergency services phone line.

A Dunedin woman’s decision to take her two children on a shoplifting outing has been blasted by a judge.

A recent Dunedin District Court case has exposed a violent gang initiation ritual taking place behind bars.

A former synthetic cannabis drug  addict has been convicted for assaulting his ex-partner and threatening a person  with a golf club when they tried to help.

A Christchurch man has been ordered to undertake therapy after grabbing a 7-year-old girl at a Central Otago school-holiday programme.

A Milton man spat chewed-up chocolate balls at his partner after breaking two of her fingers, a court has heard.

A man who attacked his partner has been sentenced to community detention and will now be able to drive a school bus, a court has heard.

A Dunedin man referenced the Rambo movies and threatened to ''burn Dunedin to the ground'' when social services lost one of his kids, a court has heard.

The victim of a ''king hit'' in central Dunedin has forgiven the man who knocked him out in the late-night attack.

A man will spend six months in jail after sending a Christchurch murder accused graphic death threats, complete with pictures, detailing how he would kill him.

Two Dunedin men who robbed a friend in a darkened park using a fake AK-47 have narrowly avoided a prison term.

After being caught driving while disqualified for the 12th time, a  man’s explanation did not exactly help his plight.

A judge has slammed the conduct of a man who twice punctured his elderly neighbour’s tyres over a noise dispute.

While behind bars for an armed robbery, a Dunedin man sent a depraved letter to one of the country’s most dangerous paedophiles, a court has heard.