Rob Kidd

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

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. NewsDunedinCrimeA dispute over a stolen motorbike led to one Dunedin man shooting another with a high-powered crossbow, a court has heard. The 38cm arrow lodged in the abdomen of the 54-year-old victim following the incident on April 23 this year but, miraculously, did not penetrate any major organs and he was discharged from hospital the same day.

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

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. NewsDunedinCrimeTen months of crime came to an end when a man was caught strolling down a central Dunedin street with a stolen 21cm kitchen knife, a court has heard. Rewa Benjermin Herini Kingi, 54, appeared in the Dunedin District Court yesterday where he conceded he needed to address his alcohol issues.

1 month 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 month 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.

1 month 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.