Clutha man ordered to pay victim $12,000 after pool cue violation
15 Dec, 2020 01:07 AM
4 minutes to read
Benjamin Roger Keach. Photo / Otago Daily Times
Otago Daily Times
By: Robb Kidd
A Clutha man who used a pool cue to violate a rugby player who had been dancing with his pants down has been ordered to pay his victim $12,000.
Benjamin Roger Keach, 40, appeared in the Dunedin District Court this afternoon after previously pleading guilty to injuring with reckless disregard.
The victim now feared his rugby career was over, the court heard.
Defence counsel John Westgate said his client, a self-employed builder with five staff, would have his thriving business destroyed if he was sentenced to home detention.