Monday, November 29, 2010

Further child porn charges against teen

A Blenheim teenager facing 21 charges of possession and distribution of objectionable material of children in sexual poses faces more charges.

Six new charges of distributing objectionable material were laid against the 18-year-old when he appeared in the Blenheim District Court yesterday. The youth has interim name suppression.

Charge sheets show the offending is alleged to have happened between February 2009 and March this year.

The teenager has entered no plea to all charges. He was remanded by Judge Tony Zohrab on bail to reappear on January 24 for an evaluation conference.Loss of tractionThe father of a girl who rode to school with Jacqueline Wyatt the day she was seriously injured after falling under a truck admitted driving with a sustained loss of traction when he appeared in court yesterday.

Andrew John Frew, 31, was fined $250, ordered to pay court costs and disqualified from driving for six months.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Steve Frost said Frew was seen by police accelerating and skidding around the corner on to Sutherland Tce.

Defence counsel Kent Arnott said the incident happened the same day as the Jacqueline's accident and Frew was going between his former partner's house and Wairau Hospital.Assaulted partnerA Blenheim shearer admitted assaulting a female after punching his partner in the face, knocking out three teeth, after she crashed his car.

John Albert Roberts, 40, was sentenced to 50 hours' community work for the charge.

Mr Frost said Roberts' partner was driving his car home through the Awatere Valley when she lost control and crashed through a fence into a paddock.

Roberts, who was drunk, became angry and verbally abused her for crashing his car, Mr Frost said.

He punched the woman in the face with enough force to knock out three teeth. The woman could not speak clearly as a result and was in considerable pain.

Defence counsel Laurie Murdoch said Roberts had no previous convictions and this was the first time he had hit his partner.

Roberts conceded it was not a good example to set for the children in the car, but he was afraid and angry at his partner's driving.Community workRodney Peter Johnson, 47, a painter, of Havelock, admitted assaulting a female and was sentenced to 100 hours' community work.Possession of cannabisWilliam Fernley Gardiner, 43, of Renwick, admitted possessing cannabis and an indictable charge of producing cannabis oil and will be sentenced on February 8.

Thomas Dirk Kattenberg, 20, a vineyard worker, of Blenheim, admitted possession of cannabis and refusing to give a blood sample. He was sentenced to nine months' supervision, 200 hours' community work, given a final warning and convicted and discharged for possessing cannabis.BurglaryShaun Duncan Victor Ormond, 20, unemployed, of Blenheim, admitted receiving and burglary and was sentenced to complete 400 hours' community work.Disorderly behaviourMax Lewis Veldkamp, 18, unemployed, of Blenheim, admitted disorderly behaviour in a public place and was fined $200 and court costs.

Luke John Roberts, 17, unemployed, of Blenheim, admitted disorderly behaviour in a public place and was discharged without conviction if he made a $200 donation to St Mark's Adult Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centre.

Raymond Leslie Anderson, 19, a painter, of Christchurch, admitted disorderly behaviour in a public place and was fined $250 and court costs. Intentional damageJames Kevin Pryce, 19, a forest worker, of Blenheim, admitted intentionally damaging a window and was sentenced to six months' supervision and ordered to pay $50 reparation.ShopliftingCristian Alejandro De Zarlo, 22, an Argentinian tourist, admitted shoplifting from The Warehouse Blenheim and was ordered to make a donation of $200 to the company for a staff morning tea.Possession of drugsFraser John O'Connor, 28, a farm worker, of Seddon, admitted possession of cannabis, LSD, methamphetamine, utensils to smoke methamphetamine, assault and threatening to kill and was sentenced to nine months' supervision and 180 hours' community work. An order was made for the destruction of the drugs.Drink-drivingJon Andrew Hallberg, 40, a fitter and turner, of Blenheim, admitted driving with excess blood alcohol of 202mg (legal limit 80mg) and two charges of breaching a protection order. He was sentenced to 200 hours' community work, nine months' supervision, disqualified from driving for 12 months and one day, a cumulative 200 hours' of community work for the first breach and for the second breach was ordered to appear for sentence if called within 12 months.

Simon Vincent Fleming, 20, of Seddon, admitted driving with excess breath alcohol of 773mcg (legal limit 400mcg) and failing to stop for the police. He was sentenced to six months' supervision, disqualified for eight months, fined $900 plus court costs and fined $200 for failing to stop.

The Marlborough Express

Last updated 13:08 30/11/2010

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