Rob Kidd

The boyfriend of a Dunedin teen, who was allegedly murdered by a doctor, went around to her home the night of her death because he was worried about her.

A Dunedin doctor allegedly stabbed a teenage girl to death to protect his fragile medical career, the Crown says.

A Dunedin doctor allegedly offered a 16-year-old girl up to $20,000 for sex before later stabbing her to death, a court has been told.

Hundreds of potential jurors will pack the court this morning for the trial of a Dunedin doctor accused of murdering a 16-year-old girl.

A real-estate agent has suffered a "massive fall from grace" after being convicted of domestic violence.

A Dunedin woman has been convicted under cyber-bullying laws after outing a sex offender on Facebook.

A man who tried to stop a drink-driver ended up being chased by the woman wielding a set of garden shears.

There's drunk and then there's so drunk you urinate in a police car after your arrest.

A man who stalked his former partner, even while she was on holiday overseas, has been ordered to undergo psychological treatment.

A sex offender who was the subject of a vigilante street attack will join one of the men who attacked him behind bars.

A woman found with a ''veritable Fagin's den'' of stolen goods in her home - worth nearly $23,000 - has dodged a prison term.

A sex offender breached an order within minutes of his sentencing, a court has heard.

A man who rammed a police car and chased a police officer with a tomahawk now faces an extra charge of attempted murder.

A grandfather of 11 was using a pedestrian crossing, on his way to get medication for a neighbour, when he was killed by an errant driver, a court has heard.

Four men viciously beat a man in the street after googling his name and finding out he was a convicted sex offender, a court has heard.

A man who attacked his pregnant partner three times in her first trimester has been jailed for nearly three years.

Nineteen thefts over seven months made Walter Phillip Poutama Dunedin's "most prolific shoplifter" - and now he is behind bars.

A repeat sex offender blames his 13-year-old victim for his most recent conviction because she approached him, a court has heard.