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The officer told a trial in May Mogford sold him small quantities of meth and offered to get larger amounts. Mogford was arrested at his Dannevirke home, where police found meth, cannabis, LSD and various guns, including a loaded pistol. Police also found a safe, chained to a beam under the house, containing cash, keys and a swipe card to a storage facility. Mogford gave police the code to the safe.
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Ra Ingram shares her journey as a recovering meth addict. The storage unit, rented in Mogford s name, contained a stolen Toyota Hilux, cannabis and multiple guns.
Hauiti, from Dannevirke, started a shearing gang in September 2008 which she ran until March 2017. She registered for GST and PAYE tax, even invoicing other businesses for her GST costs, but did not pay any income, PAYE or GST taxes. Inland Revenue investigated the business and found at least $123,947 of GST, $209,977 of income tax and $27,644 of PAYE was not paid. That was only as much as Inland Revenue could figure out, with the actual figure possibly higher. Defence lawyer Cliff Church said Hauiti accepted it was serious offending, but it was not a case of pre-meditated fraud. “She was a young lady trying to do something for her whānau by starting a business, employing people, and she fell foul of IRD because she really didn’t know what she was doing.”
Munn, 70, said he had been drinking heavily at the time, sometimes to the point of blacking out, but denied any wrongdoing. He claimed the girls must have been lying as he suffered erectile dysfunction, and still denied any wrongdoing by the time he was sentenced. When he was interviewed by police he said: ”I would have to be pretty bloody drunk to do that, and I wasn’t that drunk.” He told the officer “put me down” if he sexually abused the girls. “That’s what I would deserve.” Given his age and extensive health issues, he may die before he finishes his 12-year term, with parole unlikely if he maintains his innocence.
She sold two on one day for $1200 each, then a third three days later for $1000. But she cut contact with the buyers as soon as they paid the money, with none of them getting the promised puppy. Watts had 109 prior convictions for fraud, as well as convictions for other dishonesty offending, breaching sentences and orders of the court, and drug charges. Defence lawyer Lisa Grant said community detention and supervision could be a good sentence for Watts, who cared for a school-aged child. While Watts did serve community detention for a fraud offence in 2018, that did not include supervision – formal monitoring by Corrections which could include counselling and treatment for offenders.