Man jailed for perjury at Nelson

Press, 15 March 1980, Page 4

Man jailed for perjury at Nelson

Until the age of 12 a boy had led a perfectly normal happy life but then he had been struck in the eye by a stone from a shanghai and after a partial lotfs of vision • he underwent a personality (change and became morose land frequently aggressive, ’said Mr D. I. Jones in the ■ Supreme Court yesterday. i Mr Jones was appearing [for Wayne Robin Kroupa, • aged 25, a workman, who was (sentenced by Mr Justice Cook to six months imprisonment [on a charge of perjury com- • mitted in the Magistrate’s 'Court Nelson on July 24, [1979. His wife, Christine Krolilpa, was put on probation • for a year on similar charge.! When questioned by a traf-; fic officer about driving in ■Cambridge and Oxford. • streets, Richmond, on May 4,[ ■ Kroupa said that he hadj been a passenger in the car • which was driven by Bruce! Morgan. Wayne Kroupa whose driver’s licence is cancelled until 'November, 1980, was charged with driving while disqualified and during a defended! hearing in the Nelson Magistrate’s Court on July 24, he gave evidence on oath that

’(he had not driven the vehicle. I [His wife and Andrew Lewis lilsle gave similar evidence. ti That evidence was not ac--1 [cepted by the Magistrate and i;Kroupa was jailed for three ’ i months for driving while dis:(qualified. Mr Morgan, who , was not called as a witness • at the hearing because he could not be located, was , • later seen by the police and ‘[confirmed that Wayne Krouj;pa had been the driver of the [■car at Richmond. i Questioned by the police Jabout giving perjured evid- ; ence Kroupa admitted the offence and said that day he !!had been annoyed because J the carburettor on his vehicle had been giving trouble J and he believed that no-one J Would recognise him when ■he drove up -Oxford Street (and back.