Student pushed woman
PA Auckland A Malaysian student has told the District Court atAuckland that, he objected to Prince Charles's New Zealand visit and showed this with'a "Pommy go home” placard during the Prince’s Queen Street walk last month. Before Judge Aubin was Gurunathan Krisnasamy, aged 29, of Mount Eden. He was convicted and discharged on a charge of disorderly behaviour after he had pleaded not guilty. The court Was earlier told by Senior-Sergeant S. L. Knuckey that the defendant was seen walking in Queen Street on April 3 carrying the placard above, his head. A middle-aged woman was seen by the witness to go up
to Krisnasamy and say something while pointing at the sign. , . Senior-Sergeant'” Knuckey said he then saw the defenddant push the woman and. as he did so members of the big ctowd waiting for the Prince moved towards Krisnasamy in a “menacing manner.” Senior-Sergeant Knuckey and constable moved in and arrested him. Police witnesses said yesterday that the defendant was not arrested for shouting or carrying the placard but for pushing the woman. The defendant was entitled to protest but was not.entitled to apply any force to another person, the Judge said. He considered this a clash of rights and was sufficient to warrant police intervention.
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