MAGISTRATES COURT Prisoner 'lured to escape

Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34106, 19 March 1976, Page 15

MAGISTRATES COURT Prisoner 'lured to escape

A man who acted as "lookout" while his cellmate at Paparua Prison sawed through cell bars, was tempted into escaping by last-minute incentives offered by his cellmate, the duty solicitor (Mr G. M. Brodie) told the Magistrate's Court yesterday. Mr Brodie appeared for Aubaine Lucian Travers Huggett. aged 26. who pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to break out of prison. The defendant was a victim of circumstances. he said.

Huggett was convicted and sentenced to three months imprisonment. to be cumulative with his present prison term.

Sergeant D. Gibson said that the defendant was serving a term of four years at Paparua Prison. The defendant had been asked by his cellmate to assist in escaping. On March 7 the two men escaped from their cell and made their way to the kitchen. The defendant was found hiding behind a door by a guard. The defendant s associate had hidden under a pig bucket, said Sergeant Gibson. The associate was still at large. Mr Brodie submitted that the defendant had been lured into escaping because of offers made by his cellmate to get him out of the country.

“ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE” 1 A man who was “playing” ( with his rifle in a downstairs , fiat accidentally discharged it. t causing a bullet to go through t the floor of an upstairs flat, 3ft from an unoccupied bed. Ser- <. gcant D. Gibson told the Court, j Melville Brian Pugh, aged 33. a chef, pleaded guilty to charges , of discharging a rifle in a dan- t gerous manner and procuring a rifle without a permit. Sergeant D. Gibson said that [ on March 17 the defendant was at his Kilmore Street flat, playing with his rifle. He had put a cartridge in the breach and j the rifle discharged. When questioned the defen- . dant said he had been drunk and had not meant to discharge the rifle. He had been given * the rifle by a friend and had . not realised he needed a permit. . The duty-solicitor (Mr G. M. Brodie) said that it had been St Patrick’s Day, and the defen- , dant had drunk too much. There had been no-one in the upstairs flat. ] “GIVEN OPPORTUNITY” Although the defendant had ' been to Borstal twice and sen- J fenced to imprisonment several times, he had not received • periodic detention, the Magis-i trate said. Bruce Winiatamahoumata S Kara, aged 24, a plasterer, who J appeared for sentence on three 1 charges was further remanded < to March 25 for a medical t examination for fitness for a i sentence of periodic detention. i< Kara had previously pleaded] I guilty to charges of resisting is arrest, attempting to take a car. and burgling the office of 11 Barry Brown Car Sales, Ltd. , I The Magistrate said that it H appeared that the defendant was|i hard working and that he had : impressed his probation officer with his desire to reform. The <

defendant would be given an opportunity to show that what the probation officer recommended was not “sheer optimism.” he said. VALUELESS CHEQUES

Shortly after opening a cheque 1 account With a deposit of $5O, a] woman made out 19 cheques.; said Sergeant Gibson However., because no further deposits had] been made. 14 of these cheques; were dishonoured The woman. Lois Pamela Ruse, aged 21. an unemployed factory hand, pleaded guilty to eight cheque offences- —seven of false pretence and one of obtaining credit by false pretence. She was convicted and remanded on bail to March 25 for a probation report. The cheque account was opened on December 24 and the eight offences were committed between December 30 and January. 5. said Sergeant Gibson. Goods, credit and cash, valued at $352. were obtained at Christchurch. on the West Coast, and at Wellington Ruse told the police that she had been aware she had insufficient money in her account but had hoped to get a job to make further deposits METHEDRINE CHARGE Glendon Clifford Carlisle, aged 20, a process worker, who had I pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawfully possessing the prescription poison, methedrine, was put on a year’s probation, ordered to do 120 hours of community work, and ordered to. take treatment or counselling on] the use of drugs. Counsel (Miss I. M. Mitchell) submitted that although Carlisle] had been associated with'drugs; at one time he had not touched them since his return to Christchurch He had been in a car; park when he was approached! and handed a capsule of methedrine. OVERSTAYED PERMIT Three Pacific Islanders pleaded ; guilty to charges of overstaying I their entry permits,, and were remanded on bail pending deportation. They are Bereti Tia. aged 23. a Western Samoan, whose onemonth permit expired on March 7. 1975; Paras Ram Naidu, a Eijian. whose three-month permit expired on June 1. 1975; and Leleiga Tamasese. aged 25. whose one-month permit expired on August 26,. 1975. Mr D. J. L. Saunders, for the Department of Immigration, said that Naidu was found working as a wine steward at the White Heroh Hotel. Tia and Tamasese were working at Atlas Appliances. Ltd. FOUND AT SCHOOL | A group of youths who entered] St Margaret’s College on Papanui Road had just been "skythe duty-solicitor (Mr G. M. Brodie) told the Magis trate. The youths had been eel ing in the Avon River and were ion their wav home when thc.v (foolishly’ decided to enter the. I school. ■ One of the youths. who pleaded guilty to a charge of 'being unlawfully on premises, ‘was convicted and fined $lO. Hr I is Ralph Allan Robertson, aged 19. unemployed. Sergeant Gibson said that the other youths had each been fined

islo in the Children and Young Persons Court. HAD CANNABIS While two men were being guest ioned by policemen in Cathedral Square one man thirw |a cigarette packet to his triend. (who made off. Sergeant D. Gib 'son told the Court the packet |was later found to contain can i nabis. ' Sidney Arthur Gai butt, aged ■ 29. unemployed, pleaded guilt v to a charge of possessing «•<»g of cannabis. He was remanded to March 25 on bail, for sentence. Sergeant Gibson said that on; March 4 the defendant and a companion were questioned in Cathedral Square The defendant threw a packet to hi* friend who, ran off. He was apprehended immediately by police. TOLL CALL OFFENCES A woman who. the police alleged, charged 132 toll call* to the number of her former; flat, pleaded guilty to HI I charges of fraudulently debiting telephone calls. Patricia Anne Bibby. aged; 23. unemployed, was convicted] and put on probation for a yeai < with the conditions that she I pay compensation of $123.92 and I work and live where directed 1 Counsel (Mr G. M Brodie) said; that although 132 charges could I I have been laid the defendant had, undertaken to pay the full com pensation asked for. Sergeant B. G. Saunders said | (that the compensation sought on the ten charges laid was $12.10. [Full compensation ot $123.92 was sought for the 132 calls. I (Before Mr P. L. Molineaux. S M.) MOLOTOV COCKTAIL I A sentence of six months i periodic detention, rather Ilian la term of imprisonment, would be imposed on a man. aged 22. : because the defendant had dissociated himself from the gang 1 activities that had brought him; (to Court, the Magistrate said.; ' The man. Brian Raymond McLeod (Mr M. J. Glue, a carpenter, appeared for sentence on a charge of unlawfully possessing a Molotov cocktail, j He had pleaded not guilty to the; charge, but had been convicted. McLeod was convicted and discharged on a further charge ofi wilfully breaking a bottle in Cashel Street. On January 11. the defendant; and another man were seen rid-] ing a motor-cycle in Cashel; Street at 5 a m. When stopped,] McLeod attempted to hide the, Molotov cocktail in the gutter.. He later broke the bottle on the; road.

Be foie Mi W I Brown SM » DETENTION CENTRE Donald Edward < ampbcli. d 17. unemployed. who had pleaded guilty to a charge of burgling a house in daylight wk* s< h teiaed to detention cents< training and ordci ed to pay compenI sation of $250. Counsel submitted that the de fendant was in the company of * j 3(1 \ear-old man when the offence oi-currcd The defendant had plated a minor role and h»d received onlv $7O from the sale of a television set stolen from ; the h<Mlse ; The Magistrate said that wi’h ! burglarv so pievalent in th* community a deteiient sentence was needed. PROHIBITION OKIH.R A 17-y ear-old vouth who knocked a 15-y car-old box un conscious because he had icstled a friend, was pul on probation ; for a year, ordered to do 100 ’hours community woik and lot de red to take out a prohibition ! ordei and to abstain from alcohol when he appeared for sen- ] tence on a charge of assault [and a charge of unlawful sexual j intercourse. He is Raymond Lovell Edwards, a carpenters hand, who had ; pleaded guilty. i Counsel (Mr K. N. Hampton' I said that the complainant had jostled one of the defendant s friends at a hamburger bar The I c omplainant, when confronted by the defendant, had refused to j apologise. The defendant had been drinking and had not veal I ised ho had knocked the complainant unconscious Of Hie chaige of unlawful intercourse. Mi Hampton said that the defendant believed ’he girl to be 15 and not J 4. The girl had consented. The Magistiate said that the assault had given him a gieat ideal of concern A deterrent jsentence was needed, he said. TOOK CAR • A girl who had taken a car 'on the “spur of the moment” was put on probation for a year .and disqualified from driving for ■ a year, on a chaige of unlawfully J i taking a car, worth $309. • i Marie Denise Smythe, aged 17, -i unemploy ed, had pleaded guilty, f Coun*el (Miss I H. Mitchell' i[said that when the defendant [had driven Hie car several hun II die d yards she realised the - “folly of hei ways ” She subll mitted that file defendant was .(on her way to the police when ( A»he was apprehended The car was parked in Rangii ora. The ignition key was left I in it.