Name suppression no longer sought on indecency charge

Press, 9 November 1988, Page 28

Name suppression no longer sought on indecency charge

Interim suppression of the name of a Maori trust co-ordinator facing charges of indecently assaulting three girls, under 16, was no longer sought, said counsel, Mr M. J. Knowles, in the District Court yesterday. Arthur Carl Kapa, aged 58, was remanded by Judge Unwin to January 23, next year, for a defended hearing on these charges. The defendant is charged with indecently assaulting a girl, then aged 16, on various dates between May 1 and July 28; indecently assaulting a girl, then aged 13, on or about June 20, and indecently assaulting a girl, then aged 15, on various dates between October last year and July 28. Until yesterday Kapa had been granted interim suppression of his name because, Mr Knowles said, his client was well-known in the Maori community and publication of his name could undermine

work being done for young people. HEROIN CHARGE On a charge of importing heroin, a Hokitika man was remanded on High Court bail, to February 22, next year, for the taking of depositions. Raymond William Patrick Leslie, aged 33, a self-employed painter (Mr T. Sissons), is alleged to have committed the offence at Auckland between October 25 and 31. CORRECTIVE TRAINING A youth who hit a man over the head with a metre-long iron bar because he thought the man and his friends were laughing at him, was sentenced to corrective training. The Judge told Jason Paul McGrath, aged 17, unemployed, that the circumstances of the offence, which occurred at 5.30 a.m. on October 7, had posed a serious danger to the safety of others.

McGrath appeared to have a problem with drug and alcohol abuse. What he now required was some sort of shock therapy, he said. Counsel, Mr R. Glover, who admitted his client had a problem with alcohol, submitted that supervision would enable McGrath to get the treatment he needed. The defendant was prepared to undertake periodic detention, said Mr Glover. DEPOSITIONS Three men facing charges which police allege were connected with the alleged murder of Carol Ann Aldous on October 15 were remanded on bail to February 27, next year, for the taking of depositions. They are: Stephen Wayne Frew, aged 22 (Mr M. J. Glue), Lawson John Frew, aged 20, and Bruce Robert Clark, aged 18, both represented by Miss J. Farish.

They are jointly charged with kidnapping a man and assaulting him with intent to injure him on October 16.

Clark is also charged with driving while disqualified, and driving with an excess bloodalcohol level in Selwyn Street. On these two charges he was remanded to November 15. 12 MONTHS GAOL Twelve months in prison was the sentence imposed on one of two men jointly charged with the burglary of two private homes last month, when property worth $8670 was stolen.

Russell Maurice Knap, aged 21, a beneficiary, committed the offences because of his financial difficulties at the time, said counsel, Mrs J. Rotherham.

Knap had earlier admitted breaking into houses in Claymore Street and Duncan Place.

The prison term included sentence for a breach of periodic detention.

The co-offender to the two burglaries, Wayne Richard Dickinson, aged 22, unemployed, was sentenced to periodic detention for four months and ordered to pay compensation of $832.

Dickinson, also represented by Mrs Rotherham, was appearing virtually as a first offender, said the Judge.

The defendant committed the crimes while he was flatting with a person who had a criminal record, he said. Mrs Rotherham said Dickinson committed the offences because he was unable to pay his rent and electricity bill. Afterwards, he voluntarily went to the police and admitted the offending, she said. Most of the stolen property was recovered, according to the police.