A Dunedin man who sexually abused two girls was apprehended 40 years after his violations began and almost 30 years after the first victim contacted police. The women whose police statements went missing told Rob Kidd about the pain of waiting decades for justice.
A man who smashed a sculpture in the police station then went on "a little rampage", attacking a bus and spitting at police, has been jailed for four months.
More than 20 years after sexually abusing a 5-year-old boy, a Central Otago business owner and family man has been brought to justice. However, his identity will remain a secret.
A woman saved her own life and that of the man trying to kill her after wriggling through the window of a caravan quickly filling with gas, a court has heard.
A Dunedin woman who slammed into another motorist while high on a cocktail of drugs, driving the wrong way on a one-way street, has narrowly avoided imprisonment.
A Dunedin woman who committed "staggering" violence in the attempted car-jacking of an elderly nun and her brother will give birth to her third child in prison.
A man facing charges over an alleged police pursuit last night appeared in court on crutches today after being bitten by a police dog during the incident.