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Miller’s 4WD ute collided with the boy’s bike, knocking him to the ground. The vehicle’s tyre went over the back wheel of the bike, causing the cycle to drag over the boy’s foot. Miller fled the scene and made no attempts to stop or check whether anyone had been injured. The boy suffered a bruised and swollen foot. At the sentencing, Judge Anthony Walsh noted the boy’s mother described her son as being traumatised by the incident. Defence lawyer Julian Hannam argued the offending, with mitigation, was of low level and given the consequences of a conviction, a discharge without conviction was the appropriate outcome.
A former gang member has taken issue with his four-year jail sentence for robbery and assault charges and warned a judge his support network might be gone by the time he gets out.
A 51-year-old woman has appeared in court for taking a courtesy buggy and ploughing into two concertgoers after Kiwi band Crowded House played in New Plymouth.