One of two Christchurch men charged in relation to a P lab found in an Invercargill motel on March 2 made a brief appearance in the Invercargill District Court yesterday.

Previous good character and no criminal history were taken into account at the sentencing in the Invercargill District Court yesterday of two men for an assault and burglary.

By JARED MORGAN

A 35-year-old man will appear in the Invercargill District Court today charged with the arson of a vacant house in the city in the early hours of yesterday morning.

An Invercargill  business was yesterday fined $3000 for committing a criminal nuisance after one of its horse floats broke free from the towing vehicle because it was fitted with the wrong-sized shackle.

Police had to use road spikes to stop a teenage driver after a pursuit from Gore to Mataura on Friday night.

A man headbutted a 16-year-old boy so hard his head bounced off a window, the Invercargill District Court was told yesterday.

An Invercargill man's on-again, off-again relationship with his ex-partner is off again after he was sent to jail yesterday for breaching a protection order for the 10th time.

A 50-year-oldChristchurch man who tracked his teenage victim in Invercargill to commit an indecent act on her, was sentenced in the Invercargill District Court yesterday to home detention.

A 35-year-old Invercargill man who held a knife to his ex-partner's throat was sentenced to jail when he appeared in the Invercargill District Court yesterday.

A 15-year-old youth who took part in a vicious attack on three vulnerable victims was sentenced to home detention in the Invercargill District Court yesterday.

A man admitted careless driving causing the death of his wife at a motorcycle rally when he appeared in the Alexandra District Court yesterday.

The adage it's not what you know but who you know proved a problem for an Auckland man who appeared in the Invercargill District Court yesterday charged with receiving.

The former Queenstown bodybuilder jointly charged with importing steroids into New Zealand has been sentenced in the Waitakere District Court to community work.

A southern woman who tried to kill her baby by smothering it with a pillow has been sentenced to supervision.

A Southland mechanic yesterday admitted driving carelessly causing the death of a motorcyclist he crashed into after cutting a corner just outside Invercargill.

OPINION: Two Invercargill men left another needing 17 stitches in his face after they punched him, chased him around his house, hit him with a clothes airer and threw things at him, the Invercargill District Court was told yesterday.

A Gore man who was granted bail, despite police opposition, in the Gore District Court last week was back behind bars the day after his court appearance.

A United States woman who was an advocate against drink-driving in her home country was sentenced for the same crime in the Queenstown District Court yesterday.

An Invercargill man sentenced to more than two years' jail after he repeatedly punched a man outside a city shop has appealed against his sentence.

Two Mexican kitchenhands facing serious assault charges were given a stern warning by a judge in the Queenstown District Court yesterday.