Gang visit goes wrong

A gang’s disastrous ‘‘visit’’ to a random Christchurch house went wrong – because a police officer lived there.

The July 2017 Charteris Bay home invasion has led to a two-year, seven-month jail term for one of those involved, Norton Lindsay Adams, a Nomads gang member.

The Crown said Adams and another man were patched members of the Nomads gang and a third person allegedly involved was linked to them.

They drove to a random house in Charteris Bay, on Banks Peninsula near Christchurch, where a constable lived at 10.30pm on July 3, the court heard.

The incident escalated quickly when the person who knocked on the door claimed to be with the police. When that person was questioned and refused to leave, the real officer made an arrest.

In the fight that followed, Adams punched the cop twice in the face and broke his glasses. He also stomped on the man’s bare foot before the officer retreated inside.

Adams drove erratically on Dyers Pass Rd before the vehicle was stopped by police.

A pump-action shotgun was found inside.

During the struggle at the door, the victim received a bleeding nose and a fat lip, along with scratching on his arms, tenderness to his right arm, a sore left knee and right foot.

Adams, 26, pleaded guilty to a series of charges in the Christchurch District Court and was sentenced immediately by Judge Jane Farish on Friday after waiving the right to a pre-sentence report.