Thursday, June 24, 2010

Car-smashing spree

A woman who drove her friends around Blenheim to smash 12 car windows with rocks will be sentenced in August.

Sophie Dawn Whiting, 23, a sales assistant of Blenheim, admitted 11 charges of unlawfully interfering with a motor vehicle when she appeared in the Blenheim District Court this week. She denied a charge of stealing $1825 of property from a car.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Graham Single said Whiting drove in the area around Countdown supermarket on May 1 while one of her passengers threw rocks at parked cars, then stopped to search the cars for things to steal. Nine cars were broken into but items were taken from just two.

On May 5, Whiting drove around Redwoodtown and three cars were broken into in a similar way, Mr Single said.

Judge Bruce Davidson convicted Whiting and remanded her for sentencing on August 23.

The Marlborough Express
Last updated 12:00 24/06/2010


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