Prison for assault

Press, 2 April 1980, Page 4

Prison for assault

A man convicted of assaulting his de facto wife on three occasions? causing; $1546 worth of damage to; her property, and of receiving property, worth almost; $l7OO, was sent, to prison; for 18 months when he ap-l peared before Judge J. S.f Bisphan in the Christchurch' District Court yesterday. “Your life at this point is, simply a mess," his Honour! told Kenneth Raymond Am-; bier, aged 22 He said the only mitigat-, ing factor, if it could be! considered as such, was the state the defendant was in when he committed the as-’ saults on his defacto wife. But even that was self induced by the consumption of alcohol and drugs. - ! Lest week Ambler pleaded guilty to assaulting his .de.

facto wife on two occasions iland to wilfully damaging her ;|property. L Ambler pleaded guilty yesterday before Judge K. \V. •I Frampton to two charges of; 1 receiving motor-cycle parts: ’ und a charge of assaulting a ■'female. Josephin Lunt. i. Sergeant R. H. Prouting; said in relation to the re-’; • ceiving charges that the, 1 : premises of two motor-cycle 'companies had been broken, into in December. !| '! Two motor-cycles, valued! ■ at $4OOO and $2OOO. and an’i ■ engine worth $5OO. were, .taken from the shop and i ’i store-room of Christchurchb Motor Cycles, Ltd, Tuamn .Street, and a motor-cycle; I .valued at $lOOO was takeni: from Dave Scobie. Motor-)-I cycles; Ltd, tuam Street. is / A vehicle parked in a yard's

shared by the two firms had been used to transport the stolen property from the scene. The defendant was apprehended by police in relation 'to another offence and his premises were searched. Various motor-cycle parts, 'identified as coming from ’the stolen machines, were found. The defendant denied having been in. possession of ;the parts, but later said that 'he obtained the parts from a friend, whom he would not name. Counsel (Mr N. C. Chapman) said his client was a ivery complex character ’emotionally. It was ironic ■that the woman he assaulted I seemed to have some underjstanding of his problkems as she .was a nurse at Sunnyside Hospital.