Justice obstruction by washing charge

Press, 2 April 1980, Page 4

Justice obstruction by washing charge

A man and a woman, charged with attempting to I obstruct the course of jus. tice by washing the clothes of two men following a joint p charge of murder, were re-L manded to April 9 when! they appeared in the Christ- ■ church District Court before; Judge J. S. Bisphan yester-| I day. They are Albert Kaye. | aged 43, unemployed, and Christine Sue-Ann Downie, aged 19, a housewife, i It is alleged that they wilfully attempted to obstruct the course of justice by washing, the clothes of Warren John Conkin and, Raymond Bremner Fryer. ; I the alleged offence was I said to have occurred in ; February 21. I The two men whose clothes they are alleged io have washed have been charged with the murder of i George Frankley Carrodus at Addington last month. I Sergeant M. P. Caldwell 1 sought the remand to April 9 when. He said, a depos- : itions date would be set. Kaye and Downie yyere each allowed bail of $750. THEFT CHARGES An unemployed woman ( charged with stealing pro- ( iperty, to a total value of i I $4409, which belonged to two tourists, was remanded i Ito April 15 without plea.;

No pleas were entered byi Robyn Denise Farmer, aged ' 18. Sergeant Caldwell said he. 1 I did not oppose bail but* ■ sought a substantial surety, i j Judge Bisphan set bail at; $750 with an approved sure- ' jty of $lOOO. | It is alleged that Farmer ■ stole a travelling bag. valued' |at $6O, assorted men’s eloih-|' ing, valued at $2OO. cash lo the value of $4OO, travellers’i cheques worth $6OO, anol photographic equipment vai-l ued at $3BO, to a total value l ( of $l6BO- The items were the ; property of Richard Alan Da' iKletk . L I She is also charged with! stealing a suitcase valued ?.t , $7O, a camera valued at: $l5O, women’s clothing va'- 1 ued at $5OO, $54 in cash, personal effects worth $455, and travellers’ cheques val- ; ued at $l5OO, to a total value of $2729. The property belonged to Robert John Clark-Hall. The alleged offences were ■ said to have occurred on February 12. RAPE CHARGE A railway worker charged i with raping a woman in Sy- I denham on March 23 was I further remanded in custody | to April 15. No plea was entered by ‘ Geoffrey Charles Deans, ’ aged 27. *a'll

i Counsel (Mr W. G. G. A;'f Young) sought the further c remand so that his client ( could be psychiatrically ( examined. , ( DRUG OFFENCE . I, ; A solo mother ’was con-- ( victed and fined $250 on a ( ’charge of cultivating can- , nabis. I, i Sally Jean Whitehouse, " ■ aged 29, admitted the of- ( ■ fence which., occurred on ( February 13. ■ j I Sergeant Caldwell said t ’that at 2 p.m. that day! { [police. had visited thei ( ‘defendant’s address where; [they had found 20 cannabis t .plants growing in the gar-i ( idem ' ■ ij ■ The judge was told thatl c the plants were between; 30cm and 50cm high and IJ had weighed 360.6 grams. Inside the house morejj dried cannabis material was); found. i THEFT CHARGE i r A storeman charged with); stealing' plumbing' material, u to a total value of $8574.'f was further remanded on i bail without plea to April 15. r ■ Stephen Watson, aged 19, i$ alleged to have stolen the J materials' which included r hot-water . cylinders, ■ toilet j buwls and copper piping, the property of Oakleys, Ltd e 'The alleged offence was c said to have occurred be- e tween 'September 1979, and i March 6 this year. It