A man has been "seriously injured" during an incident at the Dunedin Courthouse.
Duty lawyer Max Winders said two men were involved in the alleged assault in the cells this morning. The victim was taken to Dunedin Hospital.
Both were serving prisoners at the Otago Corrections Facility and were due to appear today, along with another man, before the Dunedin District Court on a charge of injuring with intent to do grievous bodily harm, from an alleged incident at the prison on April 1.
Ambulance officers were seen just before 9.30am carrying a stretcher into the cell entrance to the courthouse on Castle St.
About 10 minutes later, a young man who appeared to be unconscious was carried into the ambulance on a stretcher with his head in a brace.