Robbery of man’s winnings denied
An unemployed man who was alleged in the District Court yesterday to have been involved in robbing a man of his wallet, containing race win takings, was committed for trial on a charge of aggravated rob-
bery. The defendant, Clinton Joseph Tonihi, aged 21, faced a joint charge that, with another man, he robbed Phillip Graham Robinson, a welder, of $4OO in a toilet at the Zetland Hotel on the evening of February 27. After hearing depositions of evidence of prosecution witnesses, Messrs J. B. Anderson and J. W. Taylor, Justices of the Peace, held there was sufficient evidence to commit the defendant for trial. They remanded him on bail pending a date for trial in the High Court. Counsel (Mr P. J. McMenamin), reserved his defence. Sergeant G. C. Jones prosecuted. Prosecution evidence was given that the complainant had gone to the Zetland Hotel at 6 p.m. on February 27, after having collected $464 from a T.A.B. from a doubles win at a race meeting in Wellington. He saw Tonihi and another person in the public bar. The other person spoke to him. Later, they went outside and Mr Robinson went to a toilet. He was about to leave when Tonihi struck him twice in the head. The other man began jabbing and slapping him, and Tonihi belted him round as well. They knocked him off his feet. They gave him the option of letting his money go or else have his head pummelled into the concrete wall beside him. The other man with Tonihi jolted his head against the wall. Tonihi tried to get
the money out of his pocket. His trousers were ripped by Tonihi and his wallet was taken. He could not say which man took his wallet. To Mr McMenamin. Mr Robinson said he did not produce his wallet in the hotel and did not mention
his race win until after he was robbed. He was not intoxicated that evening Other evidence was given that, when questioned by the police Tonihi said he had seen three men fighting in the toilet but he was not one of them. He denied involvement in the robberv
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19840613.2.40
Bibliographic details
Press, 13 June 1984, Page 6
Word Count
364Robbery of man’s winnings denied Press, 13 June 1984, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.