Man whose dog was killed intended to stab driver

Press, 12 July 1985, Page 7

Man whose dog was killed intended to stab driver

A man whose Dobermann dog was run over and killed by a taxi told the police he had intended to stab the driver of the vehicle, said Sergeant W. P. Creasey in the District Court yesterday.

Sergeant Creasey said that on the night of June 12 the defendant’s Dobermann dog was run over and killed by a taxi. Roberts went to the office of Gold Band Taxis, presented a knife at a member of the staff, and asked him to find out who killed his dog. Timothy John Roberts, aged 18, a fish splitter (Mr J. W. Fournier), admitted three charges of assault, and one of possessing a knife in circumstances which showed an intention to use it to commit an offence involving bodily injury. Roberts was convicted by Judge Fraser who remanded him, on renewed bail, to July 25 for a probation report and sentence. A message was sent out over the cab network. Soon after a driver arrived on the scene. He tried to talk to Roberts who attempted to stab him in the stomach. Two other drivers arrived and managed to keep Roberts at bay until the police arrived, said Sergeant Creasey. Roberts attempted to use the knife on a policeman but was pre-

vented by being struck on the head by a baton.

Sergeant Creasey said that apart from Roberts, who suffered cuts and bruising, no-one was injured in the incident. The knife in the defendant’s possession was a pocket knife with a 4in blade, freshly sharpened. Further police inquiries showed that the taxi which ran over the dog did not belong to the Gold Band company, said Sergeant Creasey. FIREARM CHARGE Bail was set at $7500 for a Kaikoura pensioner charged that with intent to do grievous bodily harm he discharged a firearm at Sydney Federal Wakefield early on July 11. The defendant was granted interim suppression of name.

Bail was set at $2500 with two sureties of $2500. The charge relates to an incident at the Blue Star Taxi Depot in Moorhouse Avenue in which a man suffered gunshot wounds. The defendant, represented by Miss P. D. Costigan, was remanded to July 25. The application for bail was heard in chambers.

Another charge against the defendant of injuring the complainant with reckless disregard for the safety of others was withdrawn by Sergeant Creasey.

'CHARGE DENIED A charge of offering her body for prostitution in a city sauna lounge on June 18 was denied by a woman, aged 22.

The defendant, represented by Miss E. H. B. Thompson, was granted interim suppression of her name. The name of the sauna lounge was also suppressed. The woman, a masseuse, was remanded to October 7 for a defended hearing. INDECENCY OFFENCES In view of the nature of certain indecency charges, Judge Fraser agreed with the police prosecutor that the police summary not be read in open court. The defendant, who admitted three charges of indecently assaulting a girl, then aged between 12 and 16, between May, 1982, and May, this year was convicted and remanded on renewed bail to July 25 for a probation report and sentence.

Interim suppression of the defendant’s name was, because of a family relationship, continued. FORGERY CHARGE An unemployed man charged with forging a doctor’s prescription to obtain drugs was remanded in custody to August 2. Bail was opposed for Stephen Charles Goddard,

aged 34, who was charged with committing the offence on July 10.

A duty solicitor, Mr A. M. Mclntosh, in seeking bail said that Goddard required hospital treatment. He had been instructed to say that the drug sought was an antidepressant and not a narcotic. The application for bail was heard in chambers. (Before Judge Paterson) 12 MONTHS JAIL A man found guilty by a jury of possessing cannabis leaf for sale or supply was jailed for 12 months when he appeared for sentence. He is Richard Joseph Panapa, aged 24, unemployed (Miss E. H. B. Thompson). A co-offender, Lesley Frances McDonald, aged 33, a solo mother (Mr M. J. Knowles), jointly charged with Panapa, was sentenced to periodic detention for five months. Both defendants had denied the offence, which occurred on January 16.

The couple occupied a property adjoining a vacant section in which police found a backpack containing 700 grams of cannabis.