After a relationship break-down, he began self-medicating with alcohol and drugs, the judge said. When police searched his house in May 2020, they found $2760 cash, five mobile phones, a diary tick-list of deals and debts, LSD tabs, two bags of what was believed to be ketamine, cannabis grinders, scales and zip lock bags, Judge Walker said. The diary had a heading “time to sort my life out, get a job in Auckland”, the judge said. Police found evidence of drug dealing on a phone, including a message sent to 15 people saying Elston was out of cannabis because of the Covid-19 lockdown, but still had ketamine and ecstasy.
One-punch Queenstown assault victim: I ve lost almost everything
22 Jan, 2021 07:14 AM
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Sapumal Wijenayake almost died after a one-punch assault in Queenstown in March 2019. Photo / Mountain Scene
Sapumal Wijenayake almost died after a one-punch assault in Queenstown in March 2019. Photo / Mountain Scene
Otago Daily Times
By: Tracey Roxburgh
A long, deep scar runs along the right side of Sapumal Wijenayake s skull. Beneath it, four titanium plates have been screwed in.
A less obvious scar, concealed by his hair, runs along the left side of his head.
They serve as daily reminders of the attack which nearly killed him, and took away all of his hopes and dreams.
Mountain Scene
By TRACEY ROXBURGH
Beneath it, four titanium plates have been screwed in.
A less obvious scar, concealed by his hair, runs along the left side of his head.
They serve as daily reminders of the attack which nearly killed him, and took away all of his hopes and dreams.
Early on March 12, 2019, Wijenayake, then 33, was out in Queenstown with a mate.
Not that he remembers it.
In fact, he has no memories only ‘‘shadows’’ until about six months later, when he was in rehab in Dunedin.
What he does remember about that night is leaving his job, as a chef, at Pub on Wharf, having had two beers after he finished work.
The crash at Makarewa which claimed two people s lives and injured Ella Ashley on September 2.
A man has been charged in relation to a car crash which claimed the life of a father and an infant in Southland. The crash happened near Makarewa, on the outskirts of Invercargill, on September 2 Matthew Harris, 22, and his infant daughter Ruby Harris died in the crash. A police spokesperson said a 46-year-old man has been charged in relation to the fatal, four-vehicle crash. The man has been charged with two charges of careless driving causing death, two charges of careless driving causing injury and one charge of careless driving.
There were LED lights, fans, temperature and humidity meters, a dehumidifier, a carbon extraction fan and numerous plastic bottles with nutrients for the plants. Police were called to the house on October 17, 2020 in response to a family harm incident, when a strong smell of cannabis led them to the garage, the summary says. The next day Batchelor admitted to police he was cultivating the cannabis. He told the police he enjoyed working with the cannabis plants and the financial side of selling it was just a bonus, the summary says. Batchelor had a three-stage operation with 20 clones and 13 plants at the vegetative stage in one tent and 18 more advanced cannabis plants growing in soil in another tent.