Articles by Robb Kidd, Otago Daily Times
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Crime
Prisoner who had throat slashed 'alive by a divine miracle'
Saturday, 18 May 2019, 2:30pmA former Otago prisoner has admitted slitting the throat of a fellow inmate, using a razor blade fused to a piece of plastic. The...
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Crime
Dunedin man jailed after paying for sex with underage teenager
Thursday, 13 December 2018, 2:59pmA man who paid a 14-year-old girl $20 for consecutive sexual liaisons in the library has been jailed for more than three...
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Crime
Man who threaten to bury neighbours in his garden jailed
Friday, 10 August 2018, 5:41pmA Dunedin man who labelled his neighbours "narks" and threatened to bury them in his garden has been jailed for 18 months. Erin...
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Crime
Drunken attacker's pub plan disturbs Dunedin judge
Friday, 20 July 2018, 7:27amA Dunedin man who came home from a bar in a rage and throttled his partner while her horrified daughter watched says he will...
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Crime
Instigator of fight ended up in worse state than his intended victim
Friday, 1 June 2018, 2:20pmWarren 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...
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National
Jailed for manslaughter but refusing to accept blame
Friday, 27 April 2018, 2:19pmA Dunedin man who killed his best friend following a drunken argument at their home refuses to accept the blame for the death. Jason...
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Crime
'Dangerous' sex offender facing maximum supervision order
Thursday, 12 April 2018, 4:32pmAn Oamaru sex offender is considered so dangerous by Corrections they want to monitor him for the next decade - the maximum...
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Dunedin
Teen jailed for drunk joyride that killed friend
Monday, 9 April 2018, 8:27pmThe parents of a Central Otago teenager say they had previously treated the drink-driver who killed him as family. Scott...
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Crime
Dunedin man guilty of killing best friend following boozy argument
Wednesday, 7 March 2018, 3:31pmA Dunedin man has been found guilty of killing his best friend following a boozy argument at their home. After about three...
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Crime
Dunedin man jailed for blowing up the wrong car
Friday, 16 February 2018, 12:32pmWhen Dylan Grant Woodley heard of his mate's feud with an ex-girlfriend he decided to make her car "go boom". But the arson...
