Man damaged shop fittings
PA Dunedin A Wellington man who went to Dunedin for his sister’s wedding appeared in the District Court at Dunedin charged with damaging shop fittings. The man, aged 32, whose name was suppressed, pleaded gupty, and was discharged without conviction by Judge Mahon. He must pay $lOO costs and also $3OO for damage to the shop. The police said the man was being driven home from the wedding, where he had been drinking. He became uncontrollable. The vehicle was stopped and the man went to a fruit and vegetable shop. He
forced a roller door off its track and got inside, where •he threw an object at a twoway mirror. Glass and fruit juice showered over the stock. The police intervened, and the man was violent while under arrest in a police vehicle. The police said the man claimed to have experienced a bad reaction to alcohol from which he usually abstained. He said it was his first drink for 18 months. The Judge said the man was fortunate not to be facing further charges, and warned that name suppression w«g “not an indulgence you wilrbe granted again.”
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Press, 15 January 1986, Page 23
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