Dunedin District Court

SENTENCES imposed by Judge Dominic Flatley in the Dunedin District Court this week have been. —

Bradley Kain McKenzie (22), employed, drinkdriving, 788mcg, and disqualified driving (random breath test, admitted having consumed about nine beers), about 3am, August 26, 180 hours’ community work, nine months’ supervision, disqualified nine months from February 11, when current ban ends, alcoholinterlock and zeroalcohol provisions to follow. Judge noted McKenzie previously convicted of drink driving (December 2014), and convicted of driving while driver’s licence suspended earlier this year. Cory Miles (27), furniture maker, of Dunedin, assaulting a female (argued with the victim over custody of a child, pushed her in the chest with two hands, grabbed her round the throat, pushed her against a wall, argued again when victim found Miles had taken her phone, defendant grabbed her by the neck again, she called police and he fled; defence counsel Brendan Stephenson said it was not a case that involved strangulation, he said the pair were still together and a protection order was in place), June 19, 12 months’ intensive supervision, two months’ community detention.

Gemma Lee Anngow (30), of Dunedin, breach of community work (sentenced to 200 hours for previous breach of community work sentence, failed to complete in the prescribed timeframe; Probation officer said Anngow was spoken to numerous times about her nonattendance and received three written warnings), June 14, convicted and discharged.

Jadin Pepene HadfieldLeonard (20), serving prisoner, wilful damage (HadfieldLeonard living with girlfriend and her mother at time; girlfriend’s mother away; about 9pm, August 11, HadfieldLeonard intoxicated, argued with girlfriend, damaged interior of her bedroom using his fists, cut fridge door using a knife, damaged a kitchen door and kitchen taps; in explanation said ‘‘too drunk and too angry and took it out on the house’’), one month’s jail (cumulative on current term), reparation $2469.