Jail for shooting
PA Auckland A Manurewa man who fired a stolen shotgun twice in an Otara wine shop was sentenced in the District Court at Otahuhu to two years and a half jail. . Robert Hphepa, aged 43, a labourer, had earlier pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing the shotgun, valued at $2OO, and one of discharging a shotgun with reckless disregard for the safety of others. Judge Duncan sentenced Hohepa to two years and a half jail on the charge of discharging the shotgun, and one year for stealing it, the
terms concurrent
At an earlier hearing, Sergeant P. A. Smith told the Court that on October 6 the manager of the wine shop went to get a flagon of lemon gin for Hohepa and returned to find a doublebarrelled shotgun pointed at him.
A shot passed within three feet of the manager and hit a rear wall of the shop office. Hohepa, it was said, had fired a second shot at the front window, shattering wine bottles and spraying shot and glass over the footpath.
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