OHAKUNE DISTRICT COURT

Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 4, Issue 47, 12 May 1987, Page 10

OHAKUNE DISTRICT COURT

The following undefended cases were heard by Judge Raybone of Wellington in the Ohakune District Court last Thursday. Sergeant Neil Coker of Ohakune appeared for the police. Traffic Officers Ian Harrison of Ohakune and Bruce Carr of Turangi appeared for the MoT. Shane Anthony Collett, 17, lube bay attendant of Ohakune, pleaded guilty to careless use of motor vehicle (a motor cyele) in Clyde Street, Ohakune, on 13 February. In convicting and fining defendant $60, court costs $55, Judge Raybone said that he had no sympathy with motor cyclists who do 'wheelies'. ★ ★ ★ George Lee Hemara, 18, garden worker of Ohakune,

pleaded guilty to a change of breaking and entering a building (the Ohakune/ Karioi Sports Club in Raetihi Road, Ohakune) on 28 April. Court heard how defendant, with three co-offenders, removed more than $500 worth of liquor and soft drinks which were consumed at a party. He was convicted and remanded on bail of $500 to appear in the Ohakune District Court on 28 May for a probation officer's report and sentence. Counsel: P. Brown. * ★ ★ Gerard Michael Hipango, 29, unemployed of Ohakune, was to have been sentenced on three charges to which he had pleaded guilty at last month's sitting of the District Court, when he appeared last Thursday. However, because no probation officer's report

was available, defendant was further remanded until 28 May. ★ ★ ★ Vernon Leslie McLeod, 18, student carver of Ohakune, pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking and entering a building (the Ohakune/ Karioi Sports Club in Raetihi Road, Ohakune) on 28 April. Court heard how defendant, with three co-offenders, removed more than $500 worth of liqour and soft drinks which were consumed at a party. He was convicted and remanded on bail of $500 to appear in the Ohakune District Court on 28 May for a probation officer's report and sentence. Counsel: D. G. Harvey. ★ ★ ★ Owen John Pearson, self employed computer technician of Wellington, pleaded guilty to one charge of driving with excess blood alcohol in Mangawhero Terrace, Ohakune, on 2 February and to one charge of driving a motor vehicle without a current warrant of fitness on the same date. On the excess blood alcohol charge he was convicted and fined $425, court costs $55 and ordered to pay $78.20 towards medical expenses and DSIR analysts' fees. He was disqualified from driving for 8 months. On the charge of driving a motor vehicle without a warrant of fitness he was convicted &nd ordered to pay $55 court costs. Counsel: P. Brown ★ ★ ★

George Ashwood Pekamu, 20, landscaper of Ohakune, pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking and entering a building (the Ohakune/ Karioi Sports Club in Raetihi Road, Ohakune) on 28 April. Court heard how defendant, with three co-offenders, removed more than $500 worth of liqour and soft drinks which were consumed at a party. He was convicted and remanded on bail of $500 to appear in the Ohakune District Court on 28 May for a probation officer's report and sentence. Counsel: D. G. Harvey. ★ ★ ★ Peter Arthur Phillips, 22, unemployed fisherman formerly of Wanganui but now residing in Raetihi, pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawfully carrying a fire-arm. Court heard how defendant was seen to carry a rifle from one room to another in a Raetihi house following a dispute. Judge Raybone said that while no attempt was made to point the gun at anyone nor was anyone directly threatened, there was, because of the circumstances then prevailing in the house, some connotation of a sinister motive. / Defendant was convicted and sentenced to 3 months periodic detention and ordered to report to the Waimarino Resource Centre. Counsel: P. Brown. ★ ★ ★ William Gary Thomasen, 29, mechanical engineer of Ohakune, appeared on one charge of being found without lawful excuse in an enclosed yard in Karamu Place, Ohakune, on 30 April and on one charge of having in his possession an offen-

sive weapon (a pair of nunchakus) without lawful authority on the same date and in the same place. He pleaded not guilty to both charges and was remanded at large to appear in the Ohakune District Court on 23 July for a defended hearing. Counsel: D. G. Harvey. ★ ★ * A 24-year-old woman who was granted suppression of name was convicted and fined $25, court costs $55, when she pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing two packets of cigarettes from the Ohakune New World on 7 March. In granting an application for name suppression Judge Raybone said that he had to balance competing interests. Shopkeepers were entitled to know the identity of shoplifters but this had to be weighed against others who might be affected by the publication of a defendant's name. In granting suppression he considered that the interests of those associated with the defendant to be of greater importance. Counsel: P. Brown. ★ ★ ★ A 16-year-old Ohakune youth who was granted name suppression and who had earlier appeared in the Children and Young Persons Court, appeared for sentence on one charge of theft and one charge of possession of cannabis. The case was transferred to the District Court so that a more appropriate sentence could be imposed. Defendant was sentenced to 6 months community care and must attend the Waimarino Resource Centre. He was ordered to reside there

for that period orasdirected by Social Welfare. ★ ★ ★ Trevor Duncan Hogan, 20, butcher of Karioi, pleaded not guilty to a charge of careless use of a motor vehicle on 20 February causing death. He was remanded at large to appear in the Ohakune District Court on 25 June for a defended hearing. Counsel: D. G. Harvey. ★ * ★ Emmanuel Howe, 22, forestry labourer of Ohakune, pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking and entering a building (the Ohakune/ Karioi Sports Club in Raetihi Road, Ohakune) on 28 April. Court heard how defendant, with three co-offenders, removed more than $500 worth of liquor and soft drinks which were consumed at a party. He was convicted and remanded on bail of $500 to appear in the Ohakune District Court on 28 May for a probation officer's report and sentence. Counsel: P. Brown. ★ ★ ★ Mary Caroline Kaukau, 22, self employed of Ohakune, pleaded guilty to one charge of driving with excess breath alcohol in Mt. Maunganui and to one charge of careless use of a motor vehicle thereby causing an accident involving collision with another vehicle. On the excess breath alcohol charge she was convicted and fined $300, court costs $55 and disqualified from driving for 8 months. On the careless use charge she was convicted and fined $100, court costs $55. ★ ★ ★