Rangiora supermarket burglary charges

Press, 21 November 1981, Page 12

Rangiora supermarket burglary charges

Three men facing charges of burgling the Rangiora Supermarket, in which $25,000 ■ were involved, appeared before Judge Frampton in the District Court yesterday. They are Frank Peter Jacobus Poissonnier, aged 22, a welder; Stephen John Rayner, aged 31, unemployed (Mr D. C. Fitzgibbon) and Hatarei Kauriroa Peka, aged 30, unemployed. No pleas were entered by the three defendants each of whom was , remanded to November 27. All three are charged with breaking and entering the Victoria Street premises of the supermarket in the early hours of yesterday morning. Poissonnier is also charged with being in possession of tools capable of being used to commit burglary, including a gas-operated pistol. Although it was opposed by Sergeant M. P. Caldwell, bail of $l5OO, together with two sureties of the same amount, were granted to Poissonnier. Bail of $lOOO, with a surety of $lOOO, was granted Rayner for whom bail was not opposed by the police. Bail of $l5OO was granted Peka who, along with Poissonnier,- was represented by the duty solicitor (Miss J. McCartney). 22 BURGLARIES A man who committed 22 burglaries from which he obtained $2249 in cash and caused damage estimated at $4OOO, was sent to prison for nine r months when he appeared for sentence. Michael Gavin Rennie, aged 19, unemployed (Mr E.

’ T. Higgins) had admitted the offences, as well as two charges of wilful damage, all of which took place between September 4 and 28. In addition to imprisonment Rennie was put on probation for 12 months during which time he was to take such treatment for his alcohol problem as was directed. EIGHT CHARGES Two sureties and a "substantial" bail was sought by Sergeant Caldwell when an unemployed cook appeared on eight charges. David Waiwiri, aged 21, is charged with driving while disqualified, the possession of cannabis seeds, possessing needles for the commission of an offence under the Misuse of Drugs Act, and three charges of the theft of vehicles and an engine. The alleged offences were said to have occurred earlier this month in Christchurch and Nelson. Waiwiri, who did not plead, was remanded to November 27. The Judge set bail of $lOOO with two sureties of $l5OO. OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR A press operator convicted of behaving in an offensive manner in Press Lane was fined $125. Sergeant Caldwell said when Dion Patrick Earl, aged 19, was arrested for urinating in Press Lane in the early hours of yesterday morning, he told the police that “when you’ve got to go, you’ve got to go.” The fine of $125 is the highest yet imposed in the District Court for this offence in the Press Lane area.

$2OO FINE A man who threw a cream bottle through the High Street window of Bob Brown’s Hi Fi, Ltd, and ran off with a $5OO stereo unit was fined $2OO when he appeared for sentence. Joseph Wimutu, aged 30, unemployed, had admitted and been convicted of the offence which took place at 3.45 a.m. on October 23. The defendant and the stolen stereo were located by the use of a police dog. In addition to the fine the Judge ordered Wimutu (Mr M. J. Knowles) to pay $450 in respect of the damaged win-, dow. DEPOSITIONS Milton Wayne Pettigrew, aged 29, a mechanic, was remanded to February 8 for the taking of depositions. He faces two charges of selling cannabis to an undercover police officer, offering to sell cannabis and with receiving three video cassette units to a total value of $6609. The offences are alleged to have taken place in August. At the request of counsel (Mr E. Bedo) bail granted his client in the High Court was continued.