Defence lawyer John Fraser said Brown had no recollection of the hospital incident. “He realises it was an absolute silly, stupid act,” Fraser said. Judge Bernadette Farnan sentenced Brown to six months’ community detention and nine months’ intensive supervision with a daily curfew, ordered him to pay $738 for Mann’s broken glasses and disqualified him from driving for four months. Because of a broken ankle Brown could not do community work, so Judge Farnan ordered him to make a $250 donation to a driving offenders course, and Brown would also have to do a drug and alcohol assessment as directed by probation.
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The Court of Appeal has found a sentence an Invercargill man was given was manifestly excessive.
A man jailed for doing an indecent act at the Invercargill Public Library has had his sentenced reduced. Michael Lawrence Williams, 35, was sentenced to two years and 10 months’ jail in March last year when he appeared in the Invercargill District Court on two charges of committing an indecent act, one of wilful trespass and three charges of perverting the course of justice. The library incident happened on May 30, 2017, when seminal fluid was found on a cushion and DNA testing later determined it belonged to Williams.
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The grandfather knew a kaumātua in Queenstown who could help. “I know in my own experience it was a return to te ao Māori that was what made a difference,” he said. Rapata-Brookland, of Queenstown, was found guilty by a jury in October of injuring with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. Defence lawyer Michael Walker said Rapata-Brookland was an extremely gifted athlete, and Judge Bernadette Farnan later told the court he excelled at rugby, running and had other athletic prowesses. Walker said he was seeking what amounted to a second chance for the defendant. The court was told Rapata-Brookland was doing an apprenticeship and was well-regarded at work and about 10 friends and family were in court to support him.