Air crash fictitious
i PA Auckland 1 t ! A man who gave a fic-1 Ititious telephone message jt I that he was in a light air- . J ‘craft in the Tasman Sea andi[was sinking, changed his i 'plea of not guilty to one of I (guilty in the Magistrate’s! ! Court at Auckland vester-1 day. j Peter Stevenson, aged 39, unemployed, was remanded jon bail of $5OO to July 5 by) Mr J. R. Aubin, S.M. Sergeant G. Crawford said' that Stevenson had made a ill! emergency call from a (Grey Lynn motel saying he) (was in a plane travelling (from Norfolk Island to Ard|more. He had given a map refer-, (ence and plane registration number. These had Tteen checked and it had been (found that the plane was on) (the ground at Rotorua. The call had been traced; (and Stevenson had been found in a hotel. He had (said that he knew the message was fictitious but that) (he had had a radio message I from a friend in the Tasman! (Sea. Counsel (Mr D. J. Asbury): I said that Stevenson might ! require medical help. He was; lon a year’s leave from OakleyJTospital.
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Press, 23 June 1978, Page 3
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