Prison sentence for assault

Press, 5 June 1982, Page 4

Prison sentence for assault

"You were a man running wild in the community." said Judge Paterson in the District Court yesterday to a man he sent to prison for 12 months on a charge of assaulting a man with intent to injure. Guy Mitchell Boardman. aged 21, unemployed, (Mr P. M. James) admitted the offence which took place last month. • There had been no reason for the assault w’hich had resulted- in the complainant having to take time off from work to recovet, said the Judge. Earlier the police prosecutor had related how Boardman snatched a hamburger from the complainant, knocked him to the floor, and had then kicked him in the face. As a result of the assault the complainant required stitches to his face. Mr James said the combined effects of drugs and alcohol were responsible for the assault. While Boardman. who had no recollection of the assault, had several previous convictions he had ho propensity to violence, said Mr James. DETENTION Four months periodic detention were imposed on Epi Jack Marino, aged 25, unemployed, when he appeared for sentence on a charge of burgling a Linwood Avenue supermarket on May 5. In imposing the sentence the Judge told Marino that he was taking into account the 30 days already spent in custody since his arrest. Counsel (Mr E. Bedo) said the offence took place because Marino who had just

been released from, prison had no job, no money and nowhere to live. The judge-warned Marino' that although he already, had served three terms of imprisonment. he would be back inside if he reoffended. NO PLEAS Michael Ormandy. Warren, aged 27. unemployed, facing one charge of unlawfully possessing a cut-down .22 rifle and another of possessing cannabis seeds, was remanded without plea to June 11. Warren, who was granted bail of $lOOO,- is alleged to have committed the' offence yesterday. PROBATION A masseuse earlier convicted of 20 fraud offences involving the use of bank credit cards to obtain property, valued at $3360, was put on probation for 18 months when she appeared for sentence. Sandra Lea Alnutt, aged 20, (Mr S. L. Kaminski) had admitted the offences. She had used the credit : cards stolen by an associate froni a Christchurch address. Mr Kaminski said the defendant had not been the initiator of the offending. Alnutt, who was now without a job. admitted that what she did had been foolish. He submitted that his client, a first offender, had no money with wjiich to pay compensation. The Judge said he agreed that the defendant was not of the criminal mould normally appearing in the courts. Because of her unfortunate personal circumstances, the Judge said he would make no order for her $750 share of the compensation sought./