OHAKUNE DISTRICT COURT

Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 3, Issue 14, 27 August 1985, Page 16

OHAKUNE DISTRICT COURT

The following cases were heard by Judge E. W. Unwin at the Ohakune District Court last Thursday 22 August. Sgt. Neil Coker appeared for the police. ★ ★ ★ John Ranginui, 38, farm manager of Ruatiti, was ordered to enter into a bond for $1,000 with a surety of the same amount when he appeared on a charge of dangerous driving following a defended hearing in the Ohakune District Court last month. The charge of presenting a firearm was dismissed and the charge of assault, laid as an alternative to the driving charge, was withdrawn. A bond to keep the peace towards Mr P. J. Cornelius for 12 months was the

penalty imposed on the defendant for an incident arising out of one of the plaintiffs cows which became caught up with Ruatiti Station stock. His Honour said the Court did not want to exacerbate the problems of Ruatiti Valley but added that there had been no winners and no losers in the rather stupid series of events that had occurred. Costs of $125 and witnesses expenses of $ 1 92 were imposed. ★ ★ ★ Malcolm Bowring, 18, unemployed of Raetihi, appeared for sentence on charges of intent to defraud by selling a car obtained on hire purchase and theft of a car. He pleaded guilty to a new charge of stealing a car valued at $2,000 on 1 9 April. He was sentenced to corrective training. ★ ★ ★

Maria Vicky Condon, 32, housewife of Raetihi, appeared for sentence on 12 charges related to cheque offences to which she had earlier pleaded guilty. She was put on probation for 12 months and ordered to do 40 hours of community work. The money involved has been repaid by a relative. Counsel: D. G. Harvey. ★ ★ ★ Augustine Te Hurunui Riini, 23, millhand, pleaded guilty to seven charges of burglary. The premises included the Ohakune-Karioi Rugby Football Club," the Waimarino Golf Club (3 times) and a house at Rangataua. He was remanded for two months for a probation

report, a report on the progress of his treatment for alcoholism and for sentence. Counsel: D. G. Harvey. ★ ★ ★ Krishane Hiroti, 19, unemployed of Raetihi, was fined $165 on a disorderly behaviour charge. While intoxicated in Raetihi Hotel he spat in patron's faces and later used obscene language in the street. He has since apologised to all concerned. Counsel: P. G. Brown. ★ ★ ★ William Peter Pikari, 22, construction worker of Raetihi, appeared for sentence . on seven charges of driving while disqualified, one of theft, one of dangerous driving and one of resisting arrest to which he had earlier pleaded guilty. His counsel, Mr D. G. Harvey, said Pikari had recognised his alcohol problem and was doing some-

thing about it. He appeared to have adopted a different life-style. His Honour said he was pleased with the report he had received. The Court would assist those who helped themselves. Pikari was ordered to pay $50 on each charge, $120 compensation and ordered to come up for sentence within 1 5 months if called. ★ ★ ★ Darryl Robert McDonald, 22, waiter of Ohakune, was fined $425 when he appeared on a charge of assault at the Ohakune Railway Station on 24 July which resulted in the victim spending a night in hospital. Half of the fine was to be paid to the complainant. Counsel: D. G. Harvey. ★ ★ ★ Patrick Bruce Darbyshire, 23, weed-sprayer of Raetihi was fined $50 for removing a

coil from a car. Defendant said that he had been drinking and had done it as a joke. Counsel: P. G. Brown. ★ ★ ★ Gordon Paul D'Ath Scarf, 36, builder of Rangataua, was fined $60 for overtaking a vehicle on SH 1 at Hihitahi on 5 June without having clear visibility of the road ahead. A traffic officer was forced to take evasive action. Counsel: D. G. Harvey. ★ ★ ★ Avril Teahiaia Katene, 33, of Ohakune, was charged with the manslaughter of Moana Katene on 10 May at Ohakune. The charge that he caused death by an assault will go to a depositions hearing on 30 September. ★ * ★ Tania Eliza Taku, 22, unemployed of Wanganui and Georgina Pixie Ramahoru Kiri, 31, unemployed

of Palmerston North, appeared for sentencing on six charges each of shoplifting at Taumarunui. His Honour said he first considered a jail sentence but ordered instead that they both be sentenced to 30 hours of community work on each charge — a total of 180 hours. ★ ★ ★ Michael Wayne Tehuia, 23, workman of Ohakune, was ordered to pay costs of $200 and ordered to come up for sentence, if called, within 18 months, when he appeared for sentencing on a charge of assault upon a female in a domestic incident, to which he had earlier pleaded guilty. ★ ★ ★ A 20-year-old unemployed man was convicted and remanded to 22 September for a probation report and sentence on a charge of threatening a family with an axe while intoxicated. He was granted interim suppression of name.