Dunedin District Court

FIVE convictions, including his seventh on a drinkdrive matter, brought a 41yearold man for sentence in the Dunedin District Court yesterday.

Darryl Steven Young, of Dunedin, had admitted refusing to permit the taking of a specimen of his blood, driving while forbidden, a Summary Offences Act assault on a woman, intentionally damaging a window, and breaching a protection order by remaining on land occupied by the protected person without the person’s consent, on December 23 last year.

The summary of facts said Young was intoxicated and had been driving in Glencairn St, about 6pm.

He went into the protected person’s flat and verbally abused a woman visitor before pushing the woman, causing her to stagger but not lose her balance.

Leaving the address, Young slammed the front door behind him, locking himself out in the process.

As he walked past the front of the house, he punched a living room window, cracking it. He then began banging on the windows and the front door, demanding entry.

Told by the protected person to go away, he refused and continued to demand entry.

Police arrived and arrested him. Being taken to the patrol vehicle, he broke away from escorting police and shouted he would return and burn down the flat.

Judge Kevin Phillips noted Young’s last drinkdrive conviction was in 2008 and, since 2013 when he was convicted of assault, he had had no convictions.

On the refusing offence, Young was sentenced to six months’ community detention (curfewed 7pm7am daily), 150 hours’ community work, 18 months’ intensive supervision (with threemonthly judicial monitoring), and disqualified from driving for one year and one month.

Making the total community work 250 hours, he received 100 hours (cumulative) for the protection order breach.

Concurrent community work terms of 60 and 40 hours were given for assault and intentional damage respectively.

And for intentional damage he is also to pay $161 reparation (at $15 a week by attachment order on his benefit).

Driving while forbidden resulted in conviction and discharge.