A Picton man squeezed the genitals of a boy aged under 12 so hard that the boy screamed in pain, the Blenheim District Court has heard.
Jeffrey Laurence Brimble, 21, admitted three charges of assault when he appeared in court yesterday. The victim's name is suppressed.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Graham Single said Brimble grabbed the boy's genitals three times between July 11 and August 8, 2009.
On one occasion, the boy was left slightly bruised.
Brimble told police he did so by accident each time while he and the boy were play fighting, Mr Single said.
Defence lawyer Bryony Millar said Brimble accepted that the incidents were "rough-housing gone too far".
Judge John Walker took into account Brimble's early guilty plea and sentenced him to 200 hours' community work.
Didn't pay dentistsA Blenheim woman who found paying her dentist bills too painful admitted two charges of obtaining by deception.
Mr Single said Patricia-Rose Riddell, 25, a vineyard worker, of Riversdale, faked a phone call to her boyfriend in front of a receptionist after an appointment at Leonard and Koorey Dental Care on October 8. She told the receptionist she had to go and get money from him, but never returned.
In a separate incident, after treatment at Durrheim and Associates, she told a receptionist she had forgotten her wallet and would return to pay. Despite many phone calls, Riddle never paid.
Judge John Walker remanded Riddle on bail for sentencing on March 21.
Woman attackedA Blenheim woman attacked another woman with a fishing rod after she was knocked off her bicycle early on Sunday morning.
Glenda Suzanne Tengahue, 30, of Redwoodtown, admitted a charge of assault with a weapon.
Mr Single said Tengahue had collected the rod from a friend to go fishing later that day. She was riding home when she was knocked off her bike. It was unclear who knocked her off, but she hit a woman with the rod. The victim suffered a cut and swollen lip.
Defence lawyer John Holdaway said Tengahue had been pulled off her bike by her helmet and could have been seriously hurt. However, she accepted that she could have seriously hurt someone with the rod.
Judge Walker fined Tengahue $400.
Driver lost control A man who did a burnout and crashed highlighted the dangers of irresponsible driving, Judge Walker said.
Tristan Ryan Morrison, 19, admitted driving with a sustained loss of traction.
Mr Single said Morrison did an 80-metre burnout in Keiss St, lost control and hit a concrete fence about 1.15am on December 31. He fled the scene and went home.
"This demonstrates exactly what can happen when this sort of driving occurs. It's lucky no-one was hurt," Judge Walker said.
He fined Morrison $400 and disqualified him from driving for six months.Handbag snatched
A teenager snatched a handbag from a woman in Blenheim and then bragged about it to her friends, Mr Single said.
Lucretia Shantel Bullen, 17, of Riversdale, admitted charges of non-aggravated robbery and assault, relating to two separate incidents.
Mr Single said Bullen was heavily intoxicated when she walked up to a woman in Dillon St and demanded her handbag about 12.15am on January 22. She grabbed at the bag, which became tangled in the victim's jacket. Bullen kept pulling on it, yelling, "Give me the bag or I'll give you the bash".
The victim asked if she could take an item out of the bag, which only enraged Bullen further, Mr Single said. The terrified woman gave up her bag when Bullen threatened to punch her.
When the police arrived, Bullen fled into a house. She was found hiding behind a bedroom door.
In another incident, Bullen hit a man in the head with a shoe in Budge St at 11.30pm on January 28, Mr Single said. The man suffered cuts to his left ear and above his right eye.
Judge John Walker released her on bail to reappear for sentencing on March 21.
Other charges Darren Richmond Ward, 29, of Redwoodtown, admitted a charge of disorderly behaviour likely to cause violence and was fined $300.
Shaun Robert Senior, 29, unemployed of Renwick, admitted a charge of being found without excuse in an area in Sutherland Tce. He was convicted and discharged.
Mathew Paul Papa, 19, of Christchurch, admitted a charge of assault outside Kokomo bar early on Sunday morning. He was fined $400.
Marlon James Mullen, 19, of Redwoodtown, admitted smoking cannabis and possessing utensils. He was fined $500.
Benjamin Scott Rogers, 24, admitted a charge of disorderly behaviour. He was fined $300.
Jayden Shayne North, 19, admitted a charge of wilful trespass and was fined $300.
Bonnie Ray Harley Schuster, 18, admitted charges of intentional damage, loitering near a house with intent to frighten, and driving while disqualified. She was ordered to pay $586 reparation and sentenced to 60 hours' community work.
- The Marlborough Express
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