Sentences increased
eV Z. Press Association) 1 WELLINGTON, Sept. 30.' ' Mr Justice Beattie in a! judgment delivered tn the; .Supreme Court at Wellington today, allowed two appeals by the Crown and increased sentences imposed in the Lower Hutt Magistrate’s Court on charges of extortion. A sentence of six months igaol, followed by 12 months (probation, imposed on Wil- ' liam John McKay was quashed by his Honour, and; lone of two years gaol sub-! stituted. McKay had pleaded; (guilty to three charges of} (threatening to make an ac-j cusation of an offence with! intent to extort $5OOO. and! two charges of presenting a starting pistol, and driving] in a dangerous manner. Michael Dennis Slack, who; was convicted of aiding and] abetting McKay in the ex-1 tortion offence, had been ordered to be detained for: treatment for alcoholism and : placed on probation for 18; months. His Honour substituted a sentence of 11 months gaol followed by 12 months probation.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33962, 1 October 1975, Page 3
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157Sentences increased Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33962, 1 October 1975, Page 3
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