P.D. for antiques burglary

Press, 26 May 1983, Page 4

P.D. for antiques burglary

A man earlier convicted of burgling the premises of Merivale Antiques, from which antiques and silverware, valued at $3665 were taken, was sentenced to periodic detention for eight months by Judge Fraser in the District Court yesterday. Anthony Paul Lau, aged 17, was also appearing for sentence on charges of unlawfully taking a car, receiving a $3OO cassette radio, and driving while disqualified. The Judge told Lau, who did not seek legal representation, that the offences warranted a prison sentence. But rather than impose such a sentence, he said, he hoped a sentence of periodic detention would offer some hope of reformation.

Lau told the police the property taken from Merivale Antiques had been left under a car in the inner city because he did not know what to do with it. When he went to retrieve it the next day, the property had disappeared. COMMUNITY SERVICE A women earlier convicted of stealing $494 from a garage was sentenced to carry out 60 hours of community service. Helen Dianne Webster, aged 21, had admitted stealing the money, the property of C. E. Bailey Ltd, Rakaia, on May 10. She had later told police she committed the offence because she was “not getting enough from the unemployment benefit.” FRAUD CHARGES A housewife, aged 26,

facing 12 charges of fraud, involving $1665, was remanded without plea to June 1. The defendant, who at the request of counsel (Mr W. Rosenberg), was granted interim suppression of her name, is charged with committing the offences on March 10. Bail was set at $lOOO. ARMS CHARGES An unemployed man facing three charges laid under the Arms Act, was remanded without plea to June 1. William James Matheson, aged 37 (Mr G. D. Home), is charged with procuring a .303 calibre rifle, and a .22 rifle, without a permit, and with the unlawful possession of a .303 rifle. The defendant is charged with committing the of-

fences on April 20. Matheson was allowed bail of $lOOO. Mark David Morgan, aged 22, a beneficiary (Mr D. C. Fitzgibbon), who appeared on an unrelated charge of unlawfully possessing a .22 calibre pistol, was remanded on bail of $lOOO to June 1. He did not plead. The defendant is charged with committing the offence on May 24. RECEIVING CHARGE A butcher charged with receiving nine men’s suits, to a total value of $lB5l, was remanded to June 8. David Alan Dempsey, aged 28, did not plead. He was allowed bail of $l5OO. He is charged with receiving the suits, the property of Peter Clark’s Menswear, Ltd, on May 17.

$3OOO BAIL A man charged with wilfully attempting to pervert the course of justice was remanded on bail of $3OOO to June 1. Donald Bruce Hunt, aged 22, unemployed (Mrs P. Gibson), is charged with committing the offence on May 24. He did not plead. Bail was opposed by Sergeant W. J. McCormick. The bail application was heard in Chambers. Afterwards, the Judge allowed Hunt bail of $l5OO, with a surety of the same amount. He was also ordered to report daily to the police.