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Police took ‘‘complete issue’’ with submissions made on behalf of a woman who admitted to driving with an abhorrent breath alcohol level earlier this month. Fernhill dancer Athena Turner, 44, was processed for driving with a breath alcohol level of 1052mcg —...

What started as a ‘‘comedy of errors’’ before Christmas ended in a conviction for a Frankton labourer last week. Christopher Edwards, 30, will spend the next six months serving a home detention sentence in Invercargill after admitting assaulting Kasiano Pasitale,...

A former resort bouncer who watched CCTV footage of himself in full-flight fight mode says it was an ‘‘eye-opener’’ for him, and he doesn’t want to ‘‘be like that ever again in my life’’. In Queenstown’s court last Monday, Ryan...

A German national who apparently funded his stay in Queenstown by selling drugs is now a guest of Her Majesty, having been sentenced to 26 months in the slammer. Sven Stephan Harrieder, 30, had previously admitted possession of cannabis for...

By GUY WILLIAMS A pissed Brit's sucker-punch left a man lying unconscious on a Camp Street footpath with blood streaming from his ear. Queenstown electrician Daniel Joseph O'Rourke then ran away, clutching food he'd just bought from Night 'n Day. It was...