“I’m truly apologetic … It’s interesting to find out things that are new about yourself.” The judge initially planned to be a drummer in a rock band but, at 23, realised he didn’t have the talent, he said. The lawyers he’d flatted with “seemed to know everything” so he decided to study law.
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A pōwhiri was held before Judge Philip Connell’s final sitting at Hamilton District Court on Friday. He’s pictured, right, sharing a hongi with Judge Glen Marshall. That led to 40 years of defending, prosecuting and judging people accused of the most serious crimes, said Judge Garry Collin, who presided over the sitting.
Skilful Tauranga cannabis grower, 82, avoids prison
15 Dec, 2020 05:00 PM
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John Banks Price, 82, was sentenced in the Tauranga District Court for cannabis cultivation and possession of the drug for supply charges. Photo / George Novak
John Banks Price, 82, was sentenced in the Tauranga District Court for cannabis cultivation and possession of the drug for supply charges. Photo / George Novak
A Tauranga retiree busted with a large cannabis crop at his home worth tens of thousands of dollars has narrowly avoided being sent to prison. A frail-looking John Banks Price, 82, appeared in the Tauranga District Court yesterday for sentencing after earlier pleading guilty to one charge each of cultivating cannabis and possession of cannabis for supply.