The courts Remanded on charges involving $15,700

Press, 26 July 1978, Page 4

The courts Remanded on charges involving $15,700

A self-employed spray painter who appeared in the Magistrates Court before Mr P. J. McAloon S.M. yesterday on five charges of false pretence and one of theft involving a total of $15,700 was remanded on bail to August 1. The man, who was granted interim suppression of his name, entered no pleas. Sergeant R. H. Prouting said there was no objection to self bail which was set by the Magistrate at $750. The alleged false-pretence offences occurred between Feburary, 1976, and June, 1977.

The alleged offence of theft as a servant — involving $3OOO worth of property — occurred on May 18. George Sydney Heyrick, aged 46, a freezing worker, Was remanded to August 8 on a charge of making a false statement. It is alleged that on July 17 in a written statement made to a police officer, Heyrick, contrary to the facts, alleged that a motor car had been stolen. Bail of $3OO was allowed. Sergeant Prouting said other charges were pending.

DISORDERLY BEHAVIOUR A passenger in a car who pointed an imitation pistol out of the window at the heaJ of a motor-cyclist at traffic lights was convicted and fined $3O. He is Danor Andre Winter, aged 25, unemployed, who pleaded guilty to a charge of behaving in a disorderly manner in Victoria Street on Ma; 30. Sergeant Prouting said Winter had also pointed the pistol at passing pedestrians. The defendant only intended to “freak out” people

by his actions, he did not intend to hurt anyone, the Court heard. “For a person of your age this was a very silly way to carry on,” commented the Magistrate. ARMS CHARGE A timber precutter was remanded without plea to August 1 on a charge laid under the Arms Act. Gary Owen Cameron, aged 23, is charged with the possession of a .38 calibre Smith and Wesson pistol while not being authorised or permitted. The alleged offence occurred on Monday.