$6000 bail set

Press, 21 October 1983, Page 18

$6000 bail set

Bail of $6OOO was allowed an unemployed man charged with attempted murder when he appeared before Judge Frampton in the District Court at Christchurch yesterday. Glen McAllister, aged 18 (Mrs F. B. Bolwell), was remanded to November 15 for the taking of depositions. He is charged with attempting to murder Karl Christopher Wilkinson, aged 15, on October 5. The charge relates to a stabbing incident on New Brighton beach as a result of which a youth was admitted to Christchurch Hospital with wounds to the neck and back. Sergeant D. A. Thompson said that the police no longer opposed bail provided there were sureties. The Judge granted bail of $2OOO with two sureties of the same amount. SUPPRESSION Interim suppression of name was granted to a mother of five children who appeared on 29 charges of fraud, involving $30,000. the woman, who was represented by Mr E. Bedo, was remanded on bail of $750 to November 30 for a defended hearing on all charges. The charges relate to the depositing of cheques into a joint account. BAIL OPPOSED Bail was opposed for a man, aged 39, charged with assaulting Mika Malaeulu with intent to injure him, on October 19. Paul Ma’a, unemployed, was remanded in custody to November 3 and the Judge ordered a psychiatric report be obtained. Ma’a did not plead. DISCHARGED Final suppression was granted to a man, aged 79, after he was discharged without conviction on charges of indecently assaulting two young girls on October 5. The offences were admitted by the defendant. Sergeant Thompson said on October 4, at 3 p.m., acting on information received, the police saw the defendant playing with the two complainant girls who at the time were turning somersaults on a park barrier.

The defendant was seen to touch them on their private parts on three occasions.

A frank confession was made by the defendant who was adamant he meant the girls no harm.

He was known to the girls, and their family, and recently had been in the habit of walking them home from primary school. Mr M. J. Glue, said his client regarded himself as a grandparent to the two girls of whom he was extremely fond. He was still friendly with the family to whom he had apologised.

The girls’ parents, he said, were extremely sorry for the defendant in his present predicament. The Judge said he accepted that the nature of the offence was foolish rather than criminal. It was to the defendant’s credit that he had been very frank and had not made excuses and also that he had admitted the offences. To spare embarrassment to the two girls he had decided to plead guilty.