Drink-driver who crashed, injured, gets home term

A man who damaged a vehicle and caused injuries while drink-driving appeared in Invercargill District Court yesterday.

Cody Grant Mcmurdo, 28, bricklayer, appeared before Judge Michael Turner for driving with a blood alcohol level of 166mg causing injury on October 22 and breaching post-detention conditions on October 21.

Judge Turner sentenced him to eight months’ home detention, ordered him to pay $7353.60 reparation and disqualified him from driving for 18 months.

Judge Turner said Mcmurdo had been driving with a female passenger when he failed to give way.

He collided with another vehicle causing both vehicles to travel across the intersection on to the grass verge, he said.

When police arrived, the female was sitting in the vehicle with leg and upper body injuries and the driver of the other vehicle was uninjured. However, his car was severely damaged, Judge Turner said.

Mcmurdo admitted having consumed alcohol earlier in the evening, the judge said.

Mcmurdo suffered an arm injury and along with the female was transported to Southland Hospital, where a blood sample was taken.

Judge Turner said the blood alcohol level was high but there were no permanent injuries suffered.

Cannabis

Kelly Louise Eastwood, 20, shed hand, was sentenced to eight months’ home detention and disqualified from driving for one year and one day for possessing cannabis for the purpose of sale and possessing BZP for the purpose of sale on March 25. She was also sentenced for stealing $37 of cosmetics from Farmers on April 5, driving while disqualified on May 25, failing to answer district court bail on July 13, and assault on October 21.

Theft

Vanessa Anne Mcmahon, 23, was convicted and discharged for stealing meat and cheese valued at $12.35 from Pak ’n Save on January 27.

Nicholas Murray Folster, 17, of Kamahi, was sentenced to three months’ community detention, 60 hours’ community work and ordered to pay $934.88 for stealing $64.50 cash and unlawfully taking a vehicle at Woodlands on November 1 and unlawfully taking a vehicle at Kamahi on October 31.

Brandon Antony Mcgregor, 17, was sentenced to six weeks’ jail and ordered to pay $99 reparation for two thefts, burglary, two breaches of supervision, shoplifting and wilfully trespassing.

Assault

Danny Hare Edwards, 38, was sentenced to 80 hours’ community work for assaulting a female on January 29.

Geoffrey Charles Neilson, 22, labourer, was sentenced to 100 hours’ community work and nine months’ supervision for assault on February 12.

Shane William Moore, 18, was sentenced to 175 hours’ community work for assaulting a female on January 30.

Breach

Daniel Eden, fisherman, of Bluff, was ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within three months for twice breaching release conditions.

Jason Charles Adamson, 19, was convicted and discharged for breaching release conditions on December 15.

Threatening

Jeremy Neil Vergeer, 21, factory worker, of Winton, was sentenced to 100 hours’ community work for threatening to kill on February 5.

David Edward Yule, 44, fisherman, of Greenpoint, was convicted and discharged for threatening to injure with intent to frighten on December 28.

Disorderly behaviour

Corey Tuileapa, 38, was remanded to March 27 for sentence for disorderly behaviour likely to cause violence on December 25 and driving with a breath alcohol level of 927mcg on December 17.

Darryl Mark Edwards, 49, sheetmetal worker, was ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within 12 months for behaving in a disorderly manner likely in the circumstances to cause violence and assaulting police on January 26.

Benjamin Ahapeine Morrison, 25, dairy farmer, was fined $150 for disorderly behaviour on February 12.

Driving

Nathan Wiremu Maere, 20, was sentenced to 100 hours’ community work and disqualified from driving for nine months for operating a vehicle in a race on February 5.

Hape Charles Waddell, 19, was remanded to February 21 for careless driving on January 5 and breaching home detention on December 24.

Regan Charles Lewis Elder, 35, farmer, of Dacre, who appeared for sentence, was deferred to June 29 so he could undertake a programme after he admitted driving while disqualified and with a breath alcohol level of 848mcg on September 24.

James Stratton Thompson, 22, fisherman, of Bluff, was sentenced to 350 hours’ community work, fined $1450, disqualified for 12 months and ordered to pay $125.60 reparation for dangerous driving, failing to accompany an officer, resisting police, assaulting police, intentionally damaging a police vehicle and driving with a breath alcohol level of 553mcg on November 14 and 15. He was also sentenced for failing to answer district court bail.

Drink-driving

Tony Peter Laurie, 42, meatworker, of Longbush, was fined $1500 and disqualified from driving for one year and one day for driving with a breath alcohol level of 949mcg on February 8.

Steven Graham Henderson, of Lorneville, 706mcg at Thornbury on February 5. Fined $700 and disqualified for six months.