Chain tightened round man’s neck in hotel burglary

Press, 26 February 1980, Page 10

Chain tightened round man’s neck in hotel burglary

A 17-vear-old girl who broke into the King George Hotel-put a chain round the neck-. df<a map who tried to stop her and pulled it •tight, Mr F. G. Paterson,’S.M., was told in the Magistrate's Court yesterday. ' Marley Olivia Lambert, aged 17, unemployed, had pleaded guilty to charges of breaking . .and entering the hotel;' of unlawfully entering it;' and of assault with intend to aid her- escape from an attempted crime. She was also appearing for sentence after having been convicted on charges or unlawfully taking a' 7 .car worth $3000; of reckless driving; and of breaking . and entering a dress shop. • • . Sergeant J. J. Chadderton said the defendant-' had broken into the- hotel oh January 30 and had. stolen goods worth $450 from the hotel manager’s flat. She returned the next evening and later admitted to the police that she had intended to steal a stereo from the flat. She was disturbed, however, and chased across a rooftop by the manager. During a fight the defendant had put a dog chain; around the manager’s .heck and pulled it tight, said Sergeant Chadderton. The Magistrate told; -her that although she was young she was causing a lot' of difficulty for- the community. It .was a matter of concern that • she should not be free |n -the community until she grew- up and had some sense; -;-. (He imposed a sentence of Borstal training and disqualified her from driving for a year. JAIL FOR INDECENCY.-

Nine months’ imprisonment was imposed on Peter Neale : aged 47, when he' appeared/for. setrience bn two charges ; of doing indecent acts; on boys aged 14 and 15, on ' January 9 and February 2. The Magistrate said the juveniles concerned were entitled to the protection of tiie Court He could not take a light-view of the offences. ■The terms of. nine months’ jail on each charge are to be served concurrently. TOOK TAXI I One of two.- youths who

drove away in a taxi when the driver got out to-stop a fight, was convicted of unlawfully taking ■ 'a motor vehicle. ; Stephan Tango, aged 18, unemployed, was remanded ph bail to March. 3 for a probation report and sentence. The Court heard that Tango and another .youth took the taxi after it arrived outside a party. The driver got out when a fight began, and his car was driven off. Nearby, the taxi collided with, a parked car and a motor-cycle,, doing .damage worth $340. . ; - R.'.H, Fronting 'said the youths had told the police they, had taken the taxi to. get. away, from- the fight. , ••'•. ‘ OBVIOUSLY'STUPID

The burglary of a mptorgarage at 'Sheffield was “obviously- stupid,” the Magistrate told Raymond Francis Ferguson, 1 aged ; 3l2 Ferguson was appearing for sentence on one charge of burglary and another of unlawfully interfering with a vehicle. ... •In spite of the stupidity of the offence ; the defendant had.’interfered with the property?: of 'Other people, said the Magistrate: ■ ... ' Ferguson was ordered to make restitution of $3OO for damage, caused • during the burglary, arid was given two years probation with treatment for ~ alcoholism as directed;- . / STOLE. VASE ? A young, pregnant woman who stole a Was told by the? Magistrate that she would be Wise to reflect upon her future behaviour, since she was to be responsible for another human being. Gaewyri Leslie Cooley, aged 23, unemployed? .-'had. pleaded guilty to. a.charge of stealing a . Moorcroft'• vase from an antique shop.,. ■ She was caught when she tried to . sell the vase’'to an-’ other antique . dealer, who had been informed of the theft of the vase. , • . Cooley was convicted and sentenced to a year’s probation, with counselling as directed. _ .-• ; : BROKE TREE A youth who broke a young tree in Latimer Square would receive an appropriate

penalty, the Magistrate told him. ■ • ■

Malcolm - William -Char-, teris, aged 17, a gas worker, was convicted of wilful damage., He was given a year’s probation, ordered to do 50 hours of community work, and pay restitution of $17.50. , .The Magistrate said there was- only one appropriate penalty for damaging tr.ees thatdhe community was trying to grow in the centre, of Christchurch, and that was to do work for' the community, he said. Shane Alec . . Leonard Dando, aged 17, a; furniture maker, was charged with .the same offence. He,. too, was given a year’s?? probation, ordered to do 50 hours community work, and to pay restitution <sf ' . BURGLARY LOOGOUT

’■ A- - • yodng ' woman who agreed to act as tfijs lookout for a burglary was ‘convicted of attempting to break and enter. ' . Winnifred Tuwai Wharapara Karohi, aged 19, had pleaded guilty tp the charge, and also to charges of stealing sheets worth $35,. and jeans worth $2B. Sergeant ,Prouting said the defendant had told the police she had agreed to act as lookout for a burglary, while drinking with companions at a hotel.

He said the complainant had seen a hand appear at his open bedroom window, and pull back the curtains. When the light was switched on the defendant ran off, but was later caught. She was found in possession of the sheets, which she said she had taken from a clothesline, in the area. ~ A The jeans were stolen from a city shop on another occasion, Sergeant Prouting said. $ Karohi was convicted and remanded to March 3 for a probation report and serir tence. ~S L . ’ ■ . OFFENSIVE WEAPON A '/youth who had an sive breath dlcohol level and who ran away when a traffic officer stopped him, was found in -possession of a home-made knuckle-duster. Peter Anthony Pauwels, aged 19, a yard foreman,

pleaded guilty to three charges. • ' •■.; He was , ? convicted ar *d fined $3OO on' the excessive breath-alcohol level charge; $25 on a charge of refusing to accompany a traffic officer to a police station; and $lOO on the charge of possessing an offensive weapon. STOLE EXPLOSIVE'S 7 . A sentence of four mont h s ’ periodic detention, was im; posed on Dean Francis Shaw, aged 20, who 7 appeared 'for sentence on a charge of breaking and entering an explosives storage shed' n6ar Reefton.-me-tween December .24 and January T 6. : 1 < - He 7 was ’also placed; oh. probation for a year. Counsel' (Mr' G. Steele) said defendant had played a lesser role in the offence. He had admitted to police that he had helped carry the stolen explosives to a car, but had not broken into the shed.

■j Explosives worth $151; ■were taken. 11 Mark Anthony Chesmar, , aged 19, a foundry worker. '■ pleaded guilty,-to. a charge of 1 breaking and entering the • shed. ; - He .was convicted and re- ? mapded ?to March 3 for a . probation report and sentence. MAIL CHARGES The-hearing of 13 charges involving alleged inter- ■ ference with mail by a hos--1 pital driver was further ad- ' journed to todav for com- : pletion, after the defence ’ ca'se had opened. ; The prosecution’s case, in--1 volving <25 witnesses; had ’ been completed last - Friday j and the defence gase opened 1 yesterday but was adjourned with -. the ...defendant's evil dence part-heard. /- ;< The interim order for,supi pression. of the- defendant’s i name was continued. For the ; defendant, Mr M., J. Glue, : denied 11 cha'rges .of unlaw- - fully opening: mail, and ; charges of theft of one letter > arid of $2O from another let--.thr, , ,