The 74-year-old said he had recently found out he had bowel cancer and thought he "mightn’t have too many more whitebaiting days" so took his boat up river to fish.
Miller’s 4WD ute collided with the boy’s bike, knocking him to the ground. The vehicle’s tyre went over the back wheel of the bike, causing the cycle to drag over the boy’s foot. Miller fled the scene and made no attempts to stop or check whether anyone had been injured. The boy suffered a bruised and swollen foot. At the sentencing, Judge Anthony Walsh noted the boy’s mother described her son as being traumatised by the incident. Defence lawyer Julian Hannam argued the offending, with mitigation, was of low level and given the consequences of a conviction, a discharge without conviction was the appropriate outcome.
Havelock North driver charged over checkpoint hit-and-run pleads not guilty
13 Apr, 2021 04:15 AM
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A police officer was injured when she was struck by a stolen vehicle in Havelock North in February. Photo / File
A police officer was injured when she was struck by a stolen vehicle in Havelock North in February. Photo / File
Hawkes Bay Today
A 25-year-old man alleged to have struck a police officer with a car while fleeing from a Havelock North police checkpoint has pleaded not guilty.
Carl Junior Bartlett appeared in the Hastings District Court on Tuesday afternoon before Judge Anthony Walsh, where he pleaded not guilty to charges of injuring with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, aggravated failing to stop, reckless driving, driving while forbidden and receiving stolen property.