Rob Kidd

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Rob Kidd

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. NewsDunedinA former Dunedin teacher who groped his students has had another sex conviction added to his record. Ex-Otago Boys High School maths teacher David Bond, 73, was this morning found guilty of indecent assault following a day-long judge-alone trial before the Dunedin District Court this week.

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Rob Kidd

A disgraced Dunedin teacher who has been jailed for sex crimes against his former pupils is denying a new claim against him. David Russell Bond, 73, is on trial before the Dunedin District Court after pleading not guilty to a charge of indecent assault, which arose following an Otago Boys’ High School camp to Mt Aspiring in 2008. The complainant, who was a teen at the time, said he was sleeping in a bunk room when the defendant came in to remove another boy who had been sleeping on the floor.

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Rob Kidd

A Southland man in court over his unpaid rates has had his appeal firmly shut down after making “outrageous and slanderous” allegations against officials. The man, who calls himself “living man: david-john: of the house wilson”, filed a challenge with the High Court in a bid to dodge an unspecified debt to the Southland District Council for rates and penalties he owed from between July 2021 and November 2022. Wilson signed the paperwork with a fingerprint.

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Rob Kidd

There will be no coronial inquest into the death of a Dunedin man who was killed over a $350 debt after the case was dealt with by the High Court. Sean Buis, 28, died from multiple blunt-force injuries to his torso after being hit by a car driven by 38-year-old Lance Colin Robert Moore by Unity Park on July 21, 2022.

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Rob Kidd

A Dunedin man who used a samurai sword to slash someone’s face will remain behind bars to undertake intensive treatment. Tawera Johnson, 23, appeared before the Parole Board for the first time this month after being jailed for five years one month following a bloody attack in central Dunedin. Johnson was drinking in the Octagon in September 2023 and was waiting for a taxi to return home, the court heard at sentencing.