$4000 bail set man accused of rape attempt

Press, 20 April 1982, Page 4

$4000 bail set man accused of rape attempt

Bail and sureties totalled $12,000 when a man, aged 41, appeared before Judge Bradford in the District Court yesterday on a charge of attempted rape. The defendant, who was granted interim suppression of his name, is alleged to have committed the offence against a girl, aged 15, on April 4. Bail was sought by counsel (Mr C. A. McVeigh) who said that his client would be pleading not guilty to the alleged offence. The defendant was remanded to May 28 for the taking of depositions. Bail was opposed by Sergeant W. J. McCormick. After a hearing in chambers the judge allowed bail of $4OOO, with two sureties of the same amount. He also ordered, as a condition of bail, that the defendant keep away from the complainant. DEPOSITIONS Patricia Tippen, aged 32, a caterer, facing 24 charges of fraud, involving $13,500, was further remanded to May 10 for the taking of depositions. It is alleged that between June, 1980, and May, last year, she defrauded Righton Roofing Services by altering the amounts for which 24 cheques were drawn. Tippen is alleged to have added sums ranging from $lOO to $2600 to the cheques. CHARGES DENIED A bulldozer driver, facing one charge of threatening to kill his wife and another of assaulting her, denied the alleged offences. Ralph Martin Coe, aged 45, was remanded on bail to June 9 for a defended hearing. It is alleged that Coe assaulted his wife on April 8, and that two days later to be threatened to kill , hen BURGLARY An unemployed man who committed, two offences only 12 minutes .after being released on bail by the police was remanded in custody to April 21 for a probation report and sentence. Waha Peter Howe, aged 21, had admitted burgling the Cashel Street premises of I Natural Wear , Leather and

being found without lawful excuse in Derby Clothing Company, Ltd, next door, on April 11. Sergeant .McCormick said the defendant had got into the first shop by throwing a rubbish bin through a window. A police alarm had been tripped and Howe was found hidden under a blanket in the Derby Clothing Company premises. Sergeant McCormick said the defendant was wearing a black leather jacket, valued at $298, from the Natural Wear Leather shop. He told the police he took the jacket because he was cold. Compensation of $l2O was sought in respect of the broken window, said Sergeant McCormick. CONVICTED A man who was convicted of stealing a bottle of wine from a delicatessen told the police he had done so because he had earlier been to the Totalisator Agency Board and had no money to pay for it. Patrick Gordon Braxton, aged 47, admitted stealing a bottle of Madeira wine, the property of La Maison Delicatessen, Ltd, on April 16. Sergeant McCormick said Braxton had gone into the delicatessen in the Shades Arcade at 4.10 p.m. He had been seen to take a bottle of wine, valued at $11.95.