Man charged with raping same woman twice

Press, 20 November 1981, Page 19

Man charged with raping same woman twice

A man charged with raping the same woman twice within a period of 10 days was remanded in custody to November 26 by Judge Frampton in the District Court yesterday. William Haimona, aged 24. unemployed, is also charged with burgling the woman’s Hastings Street flat, with unlawfully entering the same premises, and with assaulting the woman. Bail was opposed by Detective Sergeant C. A. McLeod. The alleged offences took, place between November 11 and 18. The duty solicitor (Mr P. R. Kellar) unsuccessfully sought interim suppression of the name of the defendant, a father of four children. He added that the charges would be “vigorously” defended. DEPOSITIONS Charles Edward Robbie, aged 34, a barman, who faces two charges of selling cannabis to an undercover policeman, was remanded on bail to January 22 for the taking of depositions. The alleged offences took.

place on October 3 and 5. Another person remanded on bail • for the taking of depositions on one charge of selling cannabis to the undercover police officer, is Reginald Keith Lilley, aged 21. a mechanic. BURGLARIES An unemployed man who admitted three charges of burglary on premises in New Brighton, was convicted and remanded in custody to November 26 for a probation report and sentence. Sergeant McLeod said that at 12.30 a.m., Duane Robert Tito, aged 19, had left a Christchurch hamburger bar and had hitchhiked to New Brighton. There he uplifted some housebreaking tools he had hidden. Tito went to a restaurant where on the roof he cut the burglary alarm wires and once inside cut more alarm wires. He found no money. Damage to the premises was $lO5. ...- Sergeant McLeod said Tito then -broke into the Roxy Cinema where he took a drawer which he thought might contain cash. It did not.

The third burglary was at a food store where he took $22.96c in coins. On opening a door inside the building. Tito activated a burglar alarm. He put the coins in a bucket and as he ran off dropped a large part of the money which was later recovered, said Sergeant McLeod. At first Tito (Mrs M. R. Evans) denied the burglaries saying he had been for a run along the beach. Compensation of $330 was sought. WILFUL DAMAGE A man who asserted he had been sold a faulty sewing machine went back to the Ferry Road shop where he bought it and smashed the front window and assaulted the shopkeeper. The defendant, who was granted interim suppression of his name, was remanded to December 3 for a probation report and sentence. Sergeant McLeod said the defendant, who admitted the two offences, had gone to the shop at 1.30 p.m. on October 6. After disscussing the earlier purchase with the shopkeeper, the defendant

had struck the latter in the face three times with his fist. He then lifted the cash register off the counter and threw it on the floor. Outside he used his bicycle to smash a plate glass window and then the defendant chased the complainant down the street. In explanation, the defendant said he felt he had to take the law into his own hands after having been sold the faulty sewing machine. Compensation of $420 in respect of the windows and the signwriting on it was sought, said Sergeant McLeod. CHARGE DENIED A charge of unlawfully getting into a $2600 parked car outside the No. 1 courtroom on Wednesday was denied by a man and a woman. Shane Shannon Hamilton, aged 23, a sickness beneficiary, and Michelle Maria Rickus, aged 20, unemployed, were both remanded to February 5 for a defended hearing. The charges arose after a member of the public telephoned the police about the car outside the courthouse.