An Eltham man who assaulted his wife and then went into a five-month spiral of street fighting, theft, and drugged driving was jailed for 10 months and three weeks.
In the Hawera District Court last week, Anthony Leslie Scown, 47, pleaded guilty to male assaults female, assault with a blunt instrument, theft under $500, disorderly behaviour and two charges of driving while impaired by drugs.
Scown had not initially agreed to all the circumstances of the charges but through defence counsel Rajan Rai eventually entered a guilty plea.
On August 13 he had attacked his partner in bed, punching her several times, before hitting her with a toaster he had brought into the room. The woman was left with a cut left arm and bruises to the arms and face.
On September 4, Scown drove his van into a Castle St yard in Eltham and stole equipment from parked cars valued at $1100 as well as destroying a CTV camera worth more than $2000.
He was then stopped by police driving erratically on High St and tests revealed methadone and diazepam in his system.
On November 3 he was involved in a street fight on Broadway in Stratford and while on bail on January 26 he was stopped again by police in Stratford for dangerous driving with the same drugs revealed in his system.
Scown was further disqualified for 18 months and ordered to pay $790 reparation for the drug tests and the cost of the camera.
A 35-year-old Affco meat worker in Whanganui was given credit for his attempts to turn his life around in between jail sentencing.
Milton Terrence Te Patu, 35, pleaded guilty to male assaults female and wilful damage, head butting his partner and punching holes in a door and walls in an Eltham house.
The woman was left with a badly bruised nose and three teeth knocked out.
On February 8, Te Patu was sentenced to 200 hours' community service and disqualified for eight months for excess breath alcohol by Judge Allan Roberts, who ordered anger management and alcohol counselling before sentencing on the other charges.
Defence counsel Kelly Marriner said Te Patu had completed 78 community hours of the initial 200, had been to six relationship counselling sessions and written a letter of apology.
Judge Garland acknowledged the turnaround but noted the attack was similar to previous convictions in 2000, and was "nasty, vicious and caused serious harm".
He sentenced Te Patu to three months' home detention, an alcohol and drugs ban, a further 200 hours' community work and ordered further counselling.
A Hawera freezing worker was unable to convince the judge that the 54 marijuana plants found on his property were all for his own use.
Robert Hurunui, 37, pleaded guilty to cultivating cannabis and possession of equipment to cultivate.
Police found 16 plants at the back of the property while there were others in pots. The crop was valuedc at between $37,000 and $189,000.
A patched member of Black Power, Hurunui told police the 16 large plants were his but he was just looking after the rest for someone else.
Defence counsel Rajan Rai requested home detention, saying his client was not a sophisticated grower and was willing to attend drug counselling.
Hurunui was sentenced to 22 months' prison followed by six months' counselling and Maori programmes.
An unemployed Normanby man found with three marijuana plots on his property said it was all a "one-off experiment".
Herbert Rerekura, 60, pleaded guilty to charges of cultivating cannabis and possession of equipment to cultivate. Defence counsel Frances Iggulden said he had shown remorse and was willing to attend drug counselling.
"You said it was the first time you'd ever done it but that wasn't true, you had a similar conviction 17 years ago," Judge Garland said.
He sentenced him to nine months supervision, ordered attendance to a substance abuse programme, and 230 hours community service.
- Taranaki Daily News
In the Hawera District Court last week, Anthony Leslie Scown, 47, pleaded guilty to male assaults female, assault with a blunt instrument, theft under $500, disorderly behaviour and two charges of driving while impaired by drugs.
Scown had not initially agreed to all the circumstances of the charges but through defence counsel Rajan Rai eventually entered a guilty plea.
On August 13 he had attacked his partner in bed, punching her several times, before hitting her with a toaster he had brought into the room. The woman was left with a cut left arm and bruises to the arms and face.
On September 4, Scown drove his van into a Castle St yard in Eltham and stole equipment from parked cars valued at $1100 as well as destroying a CTV camera worth more than $2000.
He was then stopped by police driving erratically on High St and tests revealed methadone and diazepam in his system.
On November 3 he was involved in a street fight on Broadway in Stratford and while on bail on January 26 he was stopped again by police in Stratford for dangerous driving with the same drugs revealed in his system.
Scown was further disqualified for 18 months and ordered to pay $790 reparation for the drug tests and the cost of the camera.
A 35-year-old Affco meat worker in Whanganui was given credit for his attempts to turn his life around in between jail sentencing.
Milton Terrence Te Patu, 35, pleaded guilty to male assaults female and wilful damage, head butting his partner and punching holes in a door and walls in an Eltham house.
The woman was left with a badly bruised nose and three teeth knocked out.
On February 8, Te Patu was sentenced to 200 hours' community service and disqualified for eight months for excess breath alcohol by Judge Allan Roberts, who ordered anger management and alcohol counselling before sentencing on the other charges.
Defence counsel Kelly Marriner said Te Patu had completed 78 community hours of the initial 200, had been to six relationship counselling sessions and written a letter of apology.
Judge Garland acknowledged the turnaround but noted the attack was similar to previous convictions in 2000, and was "nasty, vicious and caused serious harm".
He sentenced Te Patu to three months' home detention, an alcohol and drugs ban, a further 200 hours' community work and ordered further counselling.
A Hawera freezing worker was unable to convince the judge that the 54 marijuana plants found on his property were all for his own use.
Robert Hurunui, 37, pleaded guilty to cultivating cannabis and possession of equipment to cultivate.
Police found 16 plants at the back of the property while there were others in pots. The crop was valuedc at between $37,000 and $189,000.
A patched member of Black Power, Hurunui told police the 16 large plants were his but he was just looking after the rest for someone else.
Defence counsel Rajan Rai requested home detention, saying his client was not a sophisticated grower and was willing to attend drug counselling.
Hurunui was sentenced to 22 months' prison followed by six months' counselling and Maori programmes.
An unemployed Normanby man found with three marijuana plots on his property said it was all a "one-off experiment".
Herbert Rerekura, 60, pleaded guilty to charges of cultivating cannabis and possession of equipment to cultivate. Defence counsel Frances Iggulden said he had shown remorse and was willing to attend drug counselling.
"You said it was the first time you'd ever done it but that wasn't true, you had a similar conviction 17 years ago," Judge Garland said.
He sentenced him to nine months supervision, ordered attendance to a substance abuse programme, and 230 hours community service.
- Taranaki Daily News
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