Man readv to jump?
PA Auckland A man who threatened to jump from Grafton Bridge (on Sunday appeared in the 'Magistrate’s Court at Auck-j Hand yesterday. lan Garth MacDonald, aged 30, a sickness ben-' (eficiary, of no fixed abode, I was charged with behaving ' in a disorderly manner, j Mr J. H. Hall, S.M.. said ihe was concerned about the! (defendant’s mental state. He! 'remanded him without plea' to November 20. Sergeant J. N. Shepherd, (said that a police patrol: ■ found MacDonald clinging to ■ (the bridge at 2.50 p.m., i (threatening to jump. Mac Do-l inaid had told the police he j (had spent all his money,! - had no home, and no prospects of getting one.
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Press, 7 November 1978, Page 2
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