The Courts Assault of constable alleged

Press, 10 June 1980, Page 5

The Courts Assault of constable alleged

A 33-year-old painter facing seven charges — including assault and threatening to kill a policeman — was remanded in custody until Friday when he appeared before Judge Palmer in the District Court yesterday. He is James Brown Valepo who is alleged to have assaulted Leonard Orr John Miller with intent to avoid arr t, assaulted Rene Anthony Pabst, a police constable, with intent to avoid arrest, threatened to kill Mr Miller and Constable Pabst, and with resisting Constable Pabst. In addition Valepo is charged with wilfully trespassing at premises in Charnwood Crescent after being warned to leave, and with assaulting Suzanne Lois Broomhall. No pleas were entered by the defendant. Bail was opposed by Sergeant J. J. Chadderton. The Judge said he would reconsider bail on Friday once Valepo had instructed his lawver. BAIL OPPOSED Bail was opposed when Isaac Colin Reihana, aged 33, a sickness beneficiary, appeared on a charge of wilfully damaging a glass door pane, valued-at $lOO, the property of Warners Victualling Company, Ltd. Because of previous alco-hol-related nuisance offences the Judge remanded Reihana in custody without plea to June 13. In addition to the charge of wilful damage Reihana faces a charge of being found drunk in. Hereford Street having previously been convicted of this offence on three occasions in the last six months. Both alleged offences took place on Sundav. ELEVEN CHARGES Because of his non-appear-ance a warrant was issued

for the arrest of Ronald Eric. Watts who faces- 11 charges. ; The charges alleged to have been committed by Watts, aged 18, a machine , operator, involve wilful damage. car conversion,* theft, burglary, unlawfully! interfering with, and getting! into a car, and being found, in an enclosed area. All the alleged offences] are said to have taken place!: on June 1. I. When he last appeared Watts was granted bail of; $l5OO together with a surety], of the same amount. No pleas have been enter-! ed. FORGERY CHARGE ; A man was further re-]; manded to September 30 for; a defended fixture on all charge of forging a savings 1 bank account passbook by • inserting a balance of 1 $2,000,002, on or about April < 1. 1 The defendant, John Per- ; kovic, aged 50, a former i commercial artist, has de- ; nied the charge before Judge <

Fraser in the District Court yesterday. Sergeant B. Roswell said the defendant was in custody and had not been sent down by authorities from Auckland. He was involved in the Arthur Allan Thomas, inquiry and might have been{ required there. The longer remand was sought because witnesses to be called for the prosecution would be overseas during the next two months.