Other sentencings

Yaman Karim, (23), of Mosgiel, excess bloodalcohol (stopped by police on November 10; excess bloodalcohol 137 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood; the legal limit is 50mg; defence counsel Steve Turner said Karim was of Arabic descent and it was his first time drinking alcohol), fined $600, disqualified from driving for six months.

Wayne Karl Webb, (51), of Dunedin, mechanic, excess breathalcohol (600 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath, the legal limit is 250mcg; stopped by police on North Rd on November 25; lawyer Andy Belcher said he had only one prior conviction; a disqualification would lead to hardship for him and his employer; he had a dispute with his partner and left the address because he thought walking away from the situation was the right thing to do), fined $500, disquali fied from driving for six months.

Justin Colin Barter (43), of Dunedin, electrician, excess breathalcohol (stopped by police on September 28 on Portobello Rd; Judge Crosbie said it was his second conviction in three years; and the court needed to send a message it was unacceptable) 100 hours’ community work, disqualified for 28 days with alcohol interlock provisions to follow.

Rebecca Grace Kernahan, (26), of Oamaru, drove with excess breathalcohol (1251mcg of alcohol per litre of breath; stopped by police on Stuart St on November 21; Judge Crosbie said it was her first conviction) fined $1000 and disqualified for 28 days with alcohol interlock device provisions to follow.

William Storey Case, (26), farm manager, of Outram, drove with excess breathalcohol (1221mcg per litre of breath, on Allanton Rd; Judge Crosbie said the behaviour was an ‘‘aberration’’ for him; Case said he had drunk about a litre of gin), fined $1000 and disqualified for 28 days with alcohol interlock device provisions to follow.

Christina Sutherland, (23), student, careless use of a motor vehicle causing injury (Sutherland crashed her car on May 6 while driving on the Fruitlands-Roxburgh Rd; her passenger at the time sustained a broken ankle; Judge Crosbie said the two were still friends and flatmates) fined $500 and disqualified from driving for six months.

Silapa Halangahu (26), of Mosgiel, driving while licence revoked (Halangahu had his driver licence revoked for medical reasons; defence counsel Steve Turner said he had gone to pick his children up from school; he was going back to the doctor to see if his medical condition was still present) disqualified from driving for six months.

Carmen Jane MacMillan (45), of Dunedin, breaching a condition of supervision (sentenced to one year supervision on March 9; failed to report to a probation officer without reasonable excuse), suspended sentence of six months.

Hayden Desmond Whitcombe (24), roofer, of Dunedin, excess breathalcohol, and driving while disqualified (driving on Brighton Rd in Dunedin about 12.44am on October 13, failed a roadside test; found to have 942mcg of alcohol per litre of breath; Judge Crosbie said it was Whitcombe’s fifth drinkdriving conviction; he was one of the last cases in an ‘‘extraordinary number of drinkdrivers’’ appearing before the court yesterday) nine months’ prison, disqualified from driving for a year, with alcohol interlock provisions to follow.