Man jailed for assault
ti. I- Bav Tuhura. aged M. w> a admitted kicking a man dun< a hotel brawl, rauting him I lose an eje, was jailed foe t« S rears by Mr F. G. Paterson. S.M (j in the Magistrate’! Court >e»t« ’ He had pleaded guilty Io <-au •* ing griexoii*. bodilx injury tn \ 0 Igeaneo Toetoe with reckleo dl j regal'd for hi* safety. ll CouiuseJ iMri J. Anderson) that the loeui of the eve wae i culmination of a aeriea < i-1 incidents for which Mr Toeti dj was largely to blame. 5) Mr Toetoe had held a lightfl -.cigarette under Tuhura’t beai e earlier in the evening, she rail “Even tn view of thia provoc ‘ tion. my client juat pushed t| < complainant away, M ahe Mid. Tfc p of the eve mas, ahe sab ' an “unlucky chance Injury ” The Magistrate said that | accepted that Tuhura had bea tprovoked, but thia did not excui j hi* actions. s The deterrent aapect of t| ‘(sentence uaa important he san , describing tlie assault aa “uncui I'ti'Olled. wild behaviout “
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Press, 7 December 1976, Page 7
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178Man jailed for assault Press, 7 December 1976, Page 7
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