Mark Pine, pictured here in 2020, was jailed yesterday for assaulting his partner and police. PHOTO: ROB KIDDA Milton man stabbed holes in his walls with a knife and was so belligerent during his arrest he had to be transported in a custody van. Mark Andrew Pine, 51, appeared in the Dunedin District Court yesterday after earlier pleading guilty to threatening behaviour, assault in a family relationship, assaulting police and resisting police. The court heard that on September 10 the defendant got into an argument with his long-term partner at their Milton home. Pine tried to get into the bedroom, then grabbed a knife and stabbed the wall four times, leaving holes in the plasterboard beside the door.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 10, 2026 02:41 UTC