Man fired into wall

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33878, 25 June 1975, Page 19

Man fired into wall

(N.Z. Press Association) AUCKLAND. ■ A middle-aged man on the • Gold Coast on Sunday night I fired 11 rifle shots into the' {wall of his house and then ‘called the police. He asked I them to bring his doctor. : In the North Shore Magis-’ • trate’s Court on Sunday the j ■ man, whose name was suppressed, admitted to the i charge of discharging a fire-; arm. He was convicted by Mr j. |H. Murray, S.M., and reImanded on $2OO bail until; next Monday for a probation ’ report. i Sergeant. L. H. Green said. I that the doctor went into the. ■ house and talked the man ;into giving up the rifle. Police i Then found 11 bullet holes! in the walls and some had; oenctrated to the outside.' They found several rifles in I the house. Counsel, Mr C. Horrocks, I said that the man was an! invalid and lived in a trying domestic arrangement, “it; ■was an act of a man cryingout for attention and help,”! he said. ; “This does not justify the; ’offence which must have ; caused considerable stress for 'those living nearby,” said thej Magistrate. “It says a great' I deal for the courage of the I doctor, to walk in when this: man was apparently blazing! , away.” He ordered that the fire-1 arms found in the house be ! forfeited. ■' ;