Man admits stealing $2000 from garage
A sickness beneficiary who admitted stealing a bag containing cash and cheques valued at $2OOO from a garage floor safe was convicted in the District Court yesterday. , Wayne Malcolm Kenny, aged 21, was remanded by Judge Paterson to March 15 for a probation report and sentence. . . Detective Sergeant C. A. MacCallum, said at 5 p.m. on December 20, last year, the defendant had been a passenger in a vehicle which stopped for oil at the Marshlands Garage. While the vehicle w r as being serviced Kenny had gone to the rear of the garage from where after seeing the cover of the floor safe open he had removed the bag containing cash and cheques. Sergeant MacCallum said the garage attendant hearing the safe door close had gone back inside and on asking the defendant if he could look at what was under his jacket was handed the bank bag by the defendant. A police patrol later located Kenny who said he had originally gone inside the garage to buy a soft drink. On seeing the floor safe open, Kenny told the police, the temptation had been too great. Kenny now very much regretted his action, Sergeant
MacCallum said. FRAUD CHARGES Paul Robert Boby, aged'4o, a salesman, was remanded without plea to March 8 on two charges of fraud. The charges relate to Boby’s obtaining 2500 magazines. valued at $5970, which he allegedly obtained from a firm by means of a false pretence.. ‘ * The offending is alleged to have taken place between October 30 and November 7, last year. Ball was set at $5OO together with a surety of the same amount. PERIODIC DETENTION It was hard to believe that some imagined comment after a “bumping” accident could have led to such a vicious attack, said the Judge. Appearing for sentence, each on two charges of assault, were: Steven Maurice Wernham, aged 21, a meat retailer, and Stephen Lory Blanchard, aged 20, a fisheries worker. Both men were sentenced to periodic detention for four months. Although a fine was considered by him, the Judge said a. deterrent penalty was necessary. As a result of the assaults, which both men admitted, two men had their noses broken, one woman was kicked in the leg and another
woman was punched in the face. The offences took place in Gloucester Street at 11.45 p.m. on February 6. The Judge said the offending was disgraceful in the extreme and showed an inexplicable lack of self-control. Counsel for both defendants (Mr P. M. James) said ■ the pair, both first offenders, were deeply ashamed of their actions. It had been an isolated incident which was completely out of character, he said. BURGLARY CHARGE An unemployed man charged with breaking into the Cheviot Museum on Sunday was remanded without plea to March 8. Michael James Morley Bolton, aged 22, was allowed bail of $5OO. FIVE CHARGES A prison inmate appeared on five charges — two, of converting vehicles and two of theft — after he escaped from Addington Prison. Raymond Robert Jobe, aged 33, was remanded in custody without plea to March 8. Three of the alleged offences were committed in Amberley. The offences allegedly i took place on February 22. i NINE MONTHS JAIL i A labourer earlier convicted of three sex offences i with two young girls was ; sent to prison for nine months when he appeared for sentence. . David Joseph Owen, aged 41, (Mr M. J. Knowles) had admitted one charge of ati tempted sexual intercourse I and doing an indecent act on 1 a girl, aged 10, and of perI forming an indecent act on a i girl, aged six. ; The offences took place ; between January 4 and 18. j Such misbehaviour must i have an effect on the chilI dren involved and their famii lies as. well as arousing • social abhorrence within the ; community, said the Judge. In addition, Owen was put J on probation for 12 months. I An application by Mr j Knowles for final siippres- ' sion of the defendant’s name I was refused by the Judge
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19820302.2.51.3
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Press, 2 March 1982, Page 7
Word count
Tapeke kupu
680Man admits stealing $2000 from garage Press, 2 March 1982, Page 7
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
Ngā mihi
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.