Prison term for fraud
1 r (N.Z. Press Association) ) PALMERSTON NORTH. A young truck driver who - defrauded an elderly woman ’ of her life savings, and then indecently assaulted her in 2 her home, was gaoled for '■ three years by Mr J. R. P. j Horn, S.M., in the Palm- ,■ erston North Magistrates’s
Court. ’ Trevor James Bishop, aged 20, of Palmerston North, had earlier pleaded guilty to a charge of assault and to 13 charges of false pretence. By pretending to be a policeman who would go to gaol if he did not pay his debts, he received $9450 from the 78-year-old woman, leaving her with 87 cents in her bank account. On another charge of impersonating a police officer, Bishop was gaoled for three : months, concurrent with the 1 other prison term.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33819, 16 April 1975, Page 23
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