Bail again refused

Press, 10 July 1979, Page 4

Bail again refused

Bail was again refused when an Auckland company director appeared before Mr D. B. Pain, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court today on three passport charges. Peter Fulcher, aged 39, of no fixed abode, was remanded in custody to August 28, for a defended hearing following his not guilty pleas, ■to the three charges. The defendant is charged that on July 5, under the Passports Act, 1946, for the purpose of obtaining a New Zealand passport he knowingly made a false representation by falsely representing that his name was Wayne Shepherd. He is also charged that on or about July 5 he forged a passport application, dated July 5, 1979, and purported to be signed by Wayne Shepherd, with intent that it be acted on as genuine. The third charge is that the defendant, on July 5, knowing that an application for a New Zealand passport made in the name of Wayne Shepherd and purporting to be I signed by Mr Shepherd ! caused an officer of the Department of Internal Affairs to act on it as if it was genuine. Unlike his appearance in the courtroom on Saturday (morning the defendant was [not handcuffed but was es-

corted to and from the dock < by a police escort. < Counsel (Mr H. Romanuk), 1 who appeared with Mr E. ( Parsons, sought bail for the defendant even though < he understood it would be 1 opposed by the police. ; Sergeant M. P. Caldwell said the reasons Tor opposing ' bail would be explained bet- ' ter in chambers. When the Magistrate reappeared he told the defendant that for the reasons outlined in chambers bail was refused. An appeal against the Mag- i istrate’s bail ruling will be . heard in chambers in the Su- i preme. Court today. DRIVING CHARGES 1 Tony McCarthy Millar, aged 21, a driver, was remanded to July 23 on a charge that 1 with an excess blood-alcohol level and by an act 1

or omission while in charge of a truck on Russley Road he caused the death of Donald Charles Pearson. The defendant was also charged with driving the truck with an excess bloodalcohol level and -with causing the death of Mr Pearson by carelessly using a truck on Russley Road. The alleged offences occurred on March 22. No pleas were entered by the defendant. MENACES CHARGE Taui Arona, aged 19, was remanded without plea to July 16 on a charge that with menaces he demanded money from Paul David Richards and Wayne Thomas Franklin with intent to steal. The alleged offence occurred on Sunday. The defendant was allowed bail of $5OO.