OHAKUNE DISTRICT COURT

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 12, Issue 542, 28 June 1994, Page 8

OHAKUNE DISTRICT COURT

The following cases were heard by Judge Richard Watson in the Ohakune District Court last Thursday. Police-sergeant Bob Evans of Ohakune appeared for the prosecution. Prison sentence Robert Daniel Edmonds, 28, shedhand of Raetihi, appeared for sentence on two charges of wilful damage and one of assaulting a female to which he had pleaded guilty last month. Edmonds had assaulted his de-facto partner when he discovered that the pork chops which he had expected to find in the fridge when he returned home from the pub were missing. The victim impact re-

port indicated severe bruising all over her body. The charges of wilful damage occurred when Edmonds went to his defacto 's brother's house in search of the missing pork chops. In sentencing Edmonds to four months imprisonment on the assault charge Judge Watson described the attack as "drunken, unprovoked, vicious and violent". On the tw.o wilful damage charges Edmonds was convicted and discharged when it was learnt that he had already made reparation.

Counsel:

Paul

Brown

Remanded in custody Adrian Michael Brown, 17, unemployed of Raetihi, was remanded in custody to appear in the Wanganui District Court on 5 July when he appeared on a number of charges. He was charged with unlawful possession of a military style automatic firearm (a .22 calibre Sterling model 16) on 8 May, assaulting Stephen Patrick Munro with that weapon using it as a club, assaulting a female, (Christine Cadwallader who sustained three broken ribs on 1 9 February) and with dangerous driving in Putaruru on 16 April when riding a motor cycle at high speed with a pillion passenger (both without helmets) to avoid a police patrol.

Counsel:

Paul

Brown

Inattention Carey Stephen Alabaster, 31, farmhand of Taihape, pleaded guilty to a charge of careless use of motor vehicle on Rangataua Road (SH49) on 23 April after a further charge of driving with excess blood alcohol was withdrawn by consent. Alabaster's vehicle had collided with another car which had been parked on a corner without lights and was then shunted from behind by a third vehicle. In convicting and fining defendant $400, court costs $95, Judge Watson agreed with defence counsel that inattention had contributed to the collision. No period of disqualification was imposed.

Counsel:

Gary

Johnson

Bail with conditions Kenneth Kotahitanga Mareikura, 41, labourer of Ohakune, was remanded without plea when he appeared on two charges of assault and one charge of trespass. The trespass charge arose out of defendant' s refusal to leave the Ohakune Hotel on 21 May when asked to do so. The assault charges were brought by Richard Taoa and by Jadwyn Louise Lowe. Bail was granted on condition that Mareikura does not enter licensed premises Turn to Page 9

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FROMPAGE8 nor does he associate with, approach or contact either. of the complainants before he appears in court next month on 14 July to answer these charges. Assault charge (1) Paul Kaake, 20, domestic purposes beneficiary of Ohakune, was remanded without plea to appear in

the Ohakune District Court on 14 July when he appeared on a charge of assault against Alan Wayne Mareikura in Clyde Street, Ohakune, on 23 June. Bail was granted on condition that defendant does not enter licensed premises or associate with, contact or approach complainant during the remand period. Assault charge (2) Jason Myles Hern, unemployed of Ohakune, was remanded without plea to appear in the Ohakune District Court on 14 July when he appeared on a charge of assault against Alan Wayne Mareikura in Clyde Street, Ohakune, on 23 June. Bail was granted on condition that defendant does not enter licensed premises or associate with, contact or approach complainant during the remand period. Assault charge (3) Alan Wayne Mareikura, 19, unemployed of Ohakune, was remanded without plea to appear in the Ohakune District Court on 14 July when he appeared on a charge of assault against Jason Myles Hern in Clyde Street, Ohakune, on 23 June. Bail was granted on condition that defendant does not enter licensed premises or associate with, contact or approach complainant during the remand period. Suspended sentence Tama Paulo, 19, unemployed of Auckland (formerly of Ohakune) appeared for sentence on a charge of breaking a beer bottle in a public place on 22 April Paulo, with some companions, had been seen to be behaving in a bizarre

manner by a passing police patrol near the Ohakune giant carrot site. He was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if he committed "any other silly offences". He was ordered to pay court costs of $95. Remanded without plea Joseph Hohepa Bekham, 27, bushman of Rangataua, was remanded without plea to appear in the Ohakune District Court on 14 July on a charge of assaulting a female, Janice Leigh Ridings on 20 May. Counsel: Gary Johnson Over the limit Clayton Candy, 28, caretaker of Ohakune, pleaded guilty to a charge of driving with excess blood alcohol of 133/100 (80/100) in Ohakune on 23 December. He was convicted and fined $400, court costs $95 and ordered to pay doctor' s fees of $105 and analyst fees of $54. As a first offender he was given the minimum period of 6 months disqualification. Not guilty plea Douglas David Speers, 23, bushman of Raetihi, pleaded not guilty to one I charge of burglary and one I ofwilfuldamageon 1 May. I He was remanded to ap- I pearforadefendedhearing I on 17 July and was given I bail on the same conditions I imposed last month: a cur- I few from 8pm to 6am; to I abstain from alcohol and I not to enter licensed I premises in the meantime. I Counsel: Paul Brown