Todd threw a cup of drink at the victim, and then spat on him as the man called the police. Todd told police the man had approached him aggressively, and he had defended himself with what he had at the time. On April 24, there was an incident involving Todd’s neighbour on Weka St, Nelson. When the neighbour and two friends left her address, they saw Todd on his driveway with what appeared to be a firearm. “As the victims lost sight of [Todd], he began discharging the firearm, which was in fact a paintball gun, in the direction of the victim’s address.”
Lawyer Tim Spear submitted that Wakelin should come up for sentence if called upon, as both the harm done to the victims and the chances of Wakelin acting in the same way again were “minimal”. Spear said because of the difficulties of Wakelin faced as a result of a historical head injury, there was no point in imposing supervision or a punitive sentence. Wakelin also personally apologised to Judge Tony Zohrab for his behaviour at his previous court appearance in October, where he interrupted the judge several times. Judge Zohrab said he had limited sentencing options, given Wakelin s personal circumstances.
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A man must have no unsupervised contact with children for two years after being convicted on 15 objectionable material charges.
A man will spend the next two years under intensive supervision, with no internet-capable devices and no unsupervised contact with children, after being caught with child exploitation images on his laptop. Matthew Woodhead, 41, was sentenced in the Nelson District Court to the maximum intensive supervision on Tuesday, with special conditions including no contact with any child under the age of 16 without the supervision of an “approved, informed” adult, no use of internet-capable devices, and no use of devices capable of taking or sharing images.
Judge Chris Tuohy summed up the facts of the incident, which happened on December 17, 2018, near Pepin Island in Nelson. Newland’s dog Baloo, an american pitbull/cross, had ended up biting a 13-year-old papillon called Jasmine, who had been at the beach with her owner’s family. While witnesses had differing accounts over how the incident occurred, Jasmine suffered bleeding after being bitten on her back leg by Baloo. Newlands said Baloo had responded to being harried by Jasmine, picking her up in his mouth and putting her down to one side. However, the other dog owner s daughter said she had to struggle to pull Jasmine’s leg out of Baloo’s mouth.