Man threw boiling water on younger brother

Press, 21 July 1976, Page 4

Man threw boiling water on younger brother

' A man who threw a 'pot of toiling water over jhis younger brother was convicted and remanded Ito July 27 for a probaition report and sentence (by Mr X. L. Bradford, iS.M.. in the Magistrate’s (Court yesterday.

! Michael Phillip Tuanui, aged 26. an unemployed process worker, pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting Christopher Joseph Tuanui with intent to injure him.

The assault occurred on the evening of May 14 after the complainant" tried to intervene in a domestic squabble between the defendant and a young woman, Sergeant R H. Prouting said. A fight broke out. during which Tuanui grabbed a pot of boihng water of* the stove and threw it over his brother’s back and shoulders. The complainant suffered extensive burns and spent two weeks in hospital as a result of the attack. | Asked by the Magistrate why he had committed “this vicious assault.” the defendant said that his brother had kicked him first.

ASSAULTED MOTORIST Albert James McFarlane and his companion became annoyed when a motorist changed lanes in front of them, so they assaulted him at the next intersection, the court heard. McFarlane, aged 27, a labourer, had pleaded guilty [to a charge of assaulting Brian Frederick Parry in Healey Avenue on July 7. He was fined a total of is2oo. and ordered to pay half Ito the complainant. ’ The complainant, aged 28. required hospital treatment for extensive bruising and cuts to his face. The Magistrate noted that McFarlane had two previous convictions for assault. “You should have learned your lesson by now, but you obviously haven’t,” he told the defendant. TWO CHARGES William Arthur Blacktopp, aged 18, a baker, was fined $lOO and put on probation for 12 months when he appeared for sentence on two [ charges. ] Blacktopp had pleaded guilty to charges of burgling an engineering firm, R. A. Hammersley. Ltd, on June 9, and stealing one cassette 'radio, valued at $225, the

property of Nuki Takao. Engineering equipment stolen in the burglary was later recovered from a waterrace in a damaged condition, the court was told. Blacktopp was ordered to pay restitution of $2O. .(Before Mr H. J. Evans, S.M.) MAILBAG THEFTS ; A man who stole more than $5OOO worth of property from mailbags when employed by the New Zealand Post Office earlier this year was sentenced to six months periodic detention yesterday. Robert William Leyboume, aged 25, a welder, was also put on probation for a year, disqualified from driving for the same period and ordered to pay compensation of $2996.75. He had previously been convicted after pleading guilty to 13 charges of theft as a servant. Sergeant J. R. Palmer had told the Court that Leybourne’s explanation to the police for the offences was that he had an upset with his wife and took the property to appease her. He said that the defendant had been employed to deliver postal articles too large for normal delivers’. Later, the

• Post Office complained to the [police that numerous articles ihad disappeared. Searches of the defandant's property at various times revealed assorted clothing, watches, picture frames, a siiver tray, sponges, loofahs and jewellery buried in his garden and hidden in the house. Sergeant Palmer said that only $3692.67 worth of the property stolen had been recovered. PHARMACY BURGLARY One of two men who burgled a pharmacy, stealing $119.20 worth of valium, insulin and mogadon tablets was sentenced to six months periodic detention and put on probation for a year. Kim Tama Scadden, aged 23, a general labourer, was ordered to pay compensation of $75. He was also disqualified from driving for one year. He had previously been convicted on a charge of burgling Searell’s Pharmacy in Holmwood Road after pleading guilty. Sergeant Palmer had said that the shop was broken into through a hole in the roof. Police found containers lying on the floor and were told that a number of valium, insulin, and magadon tablets were missing.

When the police searched the defendant’s address they found the tablets. Also found were gloves and socks. Sergeant Palmer said that $l5O worth of damage had been caused during the burglary.