A Blenheim woman woke up in the middle of the night to find a 17-year-old male standing over her, police say.
The teenager, Johnny Peter Materoa, of Blenheim, admitted unlawfully being on a property, possession of an offensive weapon and breaching community work, when he appeared in Blenheim District Court yesterday.
He was sentenced to five months' community detention and six months' supervision.
Judge Richard Russell said Materoa entered the back door of a home in Lucas St about 2.30am on May 27. He walked through the hallway into the lounge, where a woman was sleeping on the couch, and stood over her.
The woman woke up in a panic and rushed outside to call police, who could not find anyone when they arrived.
About an hour later the woman was watching television in the lounge when she heard someone at the back door, which she had since locked.
She woke her daughter and heard scratching on a window in another room and saw Materoa trying to climb in a window with his arms and leg on the inside.
Defence counsel John Holdaway said the woman was a family friend and Materoa had no intention to harm her.
Judge Russell called the behaviour "simply dreadful" and said he would have considered a prison sentence if Materoa was older.
Discharge refused
A vineyard worker on the recognised seasonal employment (RSE) scheme may not be able to re-enter New Zealand after the judge denied his application for a discharge without conviction for assault.
Elton Taiki Vuti, 26, from Vanuatu, admitted assault on a 15-year-old girl by grabbing her arm after asking if she was a sex worker. He was fined $200, plus court costs, and ordered to pay $450 in emotional harm.
Defence counsel Tane Brunt said Vuti, who is due to leave the country at the end of the week, was the main income earner for his family and a conviction would jeopardise his ability to return on the RSE scheme.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Steve Frost said Immigration New Zealand would be notified and would put a mark on his file making it unlikely he could return.
Vuti should get a conviction and discharge at the very least, he said.
Vuti and two other RSE workers were on New Renwick Rd about 10.20am on September 3 when they saw the teenager across the road, Mr Frost said.
After asking her for directions, he asked where he would be able to find some sex workers and then asked if she was a sex worker and offered her money. The two other workers stood at either side of the girl and as she tried to leave on her bike, Vuti grabbed her arm. She managed to get away and call police.
Vuti denied touching the girl.
Judge Russell said a suggestion of cultural difference "doesn't do it for me".
Stole wristbands
A Blenheim man was reprimanded yesterday for stealing wristbands being sold to raise money for the Christchurch earthquake relief effort.
Judge Russell scolded Timothy Mark Bayston when he appeared in court for taking two $5 fundraising wristbands from the NZ Post Shop in Blenheim on August 31 without paying for them.
Bayston, 48, admitted shoplifting and was sentenced to 50 hours' community work.
Defence counsel Mr Holdaway said Bayston spent 30 hours in custody as a result of the theft. Judge Russell said he hoped that time gave him an opportunity to think about what he had done.
"If you see a worthwhile charity, you either give or keep walking, not rip them off like you've done."
Domestic incident
A Seddon couple were charged over a domestic incident which involved one slashing a car tyre and the other nudging a bike with a car while the other was on it.
Nikita Sharon Maker, 25, admitted dangerous driving when she appeared in court yesterday and was sentenced to six months' supervision and disqualified for six months.
Dylan Rhys Sadd, 24, a vineyard worker, admitted intentional damage of the tyre and was fined $300, court costs and ordered to complete six months' supervision.
Mr Frost said the couple were arguing at their Seddon home on August 7. Sadd became agitated when Maker did not let him have the car keys so punctured a tyre on the car with a knife and rode to the end of the street on a bike.
Maker saw Sadd on his bike as she drove to town to get the tyre fixed, slowed down and nudged the bike, backed up and drove over the bike.
She told police she was not trying to hit Sadd, but admitted hitting the bike.
Maker's lawyer Tane Brunt said this was the first charge of its type for the mother-of-two.
Judge Russell said there had been a lot of provocation and told Maker there were other ways of managing stress and anger.
Unauthorised hunting
Cameron Ross Fyfe, 18, of Blenheim, admitted hunting an animal on land without authority and unlawfully possessing a firearm, and was fined $950 and court costs.
Cannabis charges
Te Otinga Tanerau, 26, of Blenheim, admitted disorderly behaviour and possessing cannabis and was fined $650 plus court costs.
Jonathon Mark Nicholson, 27, a vineyard worker of Blenheim, admitted possessing cannabis and was sentenced to 40 hours' community work and six months' supervision.
Unlawfully on property
Kevin Neil Reynolds, 41, of Blenheim, admitted unlawfully being on a property and was sentenced to 90 hours' community work and six months' supervision.
Disqualified drivingBrandon Gary Hefferen, 19, a process worker of Blenheim, admitted driving while disqualified and was sentenced to 50 hours' community work and disqualified for six months.
Intentional damage
Samuel Wiremu John Edmonds, 27, a labourer of Blenheim, admitted intentional damage and was sentenced to 70 hours' community work, six months' supervision and ordered to pay $562 reparation.
Disorderly behaviour
Jed Lockyer, 36, of Picton, admitted disorderly behaviour and was fined $375 plus court costs.
- The Marlborough Express
Last updated 13:00 06/09/2011
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