Lower Hutt woman who starved horse banned from owning animals for 10 years
10 Feb, 2021 01:42 AM
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Tania Harrison appeared in court today for sentencing on a charge of reckless ill-treatment of an animal. Photo / File
Tania Harrison appeared in court today for sentencing on a charge of reckless ill-treatment of an animal. Photo / File
A Lower Hutt woman who starved a horse for several weeks until it was too weak to even be led away by an SPCA inspector has been denied a discharge without conviction.
Tania Harrison appeared in the Hutt Valley District Court this afternoon where her lawyer argued she shouldn t receive a conviction for the offending because it would affect her ability to maintain or get a job in the future.
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Man accused of invading race track at Wellington Cup Day charged
Justin Bergman has been charged over the incident. (Photo / Jack Crossland)
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A 24-year-old man has appeared in court for allegedly walking out on to the Trentham race track and standing amid the horses as they thundered past.
Justin Bergman briefly appeared in the Hutt Valley District Court this morning, where he is charged with creating a criminal nuisance by unreasonably disrupting a public meeting, knowing it would endanger the safety of the public.
He is also facing another charge of disrupting a meeting at Trentham racecourse.