News | Education
4 Nov 2025 17:13
| outlook hotmail | yahoo mail | gmail | news | weather | finance | shopping | about nzcity | Search |
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity
SEARCH 

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
    •    News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

    •
      Home > News > Education

    A man who broke into a Dunedin student flat and violated a young woman could now face an open-ended prison term

    A man who broke into a Dunedin student flat and violated a young woman could now face an open-ended prison term


    Keith Andrew Wicks-Cairns has pleaded guilty to charges of burglary and unlawful sexual violation.

    He had previously denied a final charge of rape, but changed his stance today after the Crown dropped a strangulation charge.

    The 36-year-old now faces the possibility of preventive detention - without a defined end to his prison term - because of his history of sexual violence involving crimes against young girls.

    Wicks-Cairns will be sentenced in March.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Education News
     04 Nov: Otago University students say they're living on edge, after a man was caught peering into their windows, and underwear went missing
     03 Nov: The country's oldest school must close its hostels at week's end - with students reportedly again put in harm's way
     03 Nov: The Prime Minister says sweeping curriculum changes are vital to lift falling education standards
     02 Nov: More than two thousand doses of the MMR vaccine were administered yesterday as measles cases rise around the country
     02 Nov: Health New Zealand is launching Measles Immunisation Week tomorrow to get a growing outbreak under control
     01 Nov: Zohran Mamdani's pledge to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu in NYC 'unenforceable campaign promise'
     30 Oct: Police have been called to a late night, end-of-year prank at a Dunedin secondary school
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    Oli Mathis is willing to play the long game as he begins his life at the Crusaders More...

    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    A rise in building consents is being viewed as a positive sign by the construction sector More...


     Today's News

    		 Entertainment:
    Josh Hutcherson shot a sex scene in front of his great-grandmother 17:07

     Accident and Emergency:
    State Highway 98 is closed, just north of Invercargill, after a crash 16:57

     Entertainment:
    Lily Allen made a 6,000-mile journey to Japan to "hook up" with another celebrity 16:37

     Law and Order:
    An Auckland man has been sentenced to four-and-a-third-years' jail for attempted multi-million dollar Covid-19 fraud 16:17

     Entertainment:
    Malala Yousafzai's mom disapproved of Prince Harry and Sir David Beckham 16:07

     Entertainment:
    Dave Franco doesn't believe he is successful because of his brother, James Franco 15:37

     Netball:
    Silver Ferns interim assistant coach Liana Leota has found a new home in netball's ANZ Premiership 15:27

     Technology:
    How dirty are public toilet seats? 15:17

     Entertainment:
    John Stamos was "terrified" of acting opposite a "dangerous" chimpanzee in a Full House episode 15:07

     Motoring:
    Major company Forest360 Limited is committing to making site roads safer 14:57

     News Search




    Power Search

    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd