NZTA senior manager safer commercial transport Brett Aldridge said the passenger endorsement for “Jean O’Brien” was suspended due to safety concerns. “We also have safety concerns around the transport service licence she holds to operate the service and have put these concerns to her,” Aldridge said. NZTA would consider O’Brien’s response before deciding what happened next, he said. Stratford Taxis also provided the town’s Total Mobility service, a nationwide scheme aimed at assisting people with impairments to become more mobile and active in the community by providing transport assistance through approved taxi companies and companion driving services, implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council.
Police arrested her for disorderly behaviour and put her in a patrol car before taking her back to the station. As a constable learnt in to release Southey’s seatbelt, she spat on the officer’s arm and then kicked open the car door with enough force that it struck the officer. Defence lawyer Mark Townshend sought a sentence of supervision for the assault and a fine for the disorderly behaviour. He said Southey had been in a highly emotional state and was trying to clear her throat when she spat at the officer. Townshend said Southey was supported in court by her church pastor.
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Terrence Riddle will remain behind bars until at least January 14 after when appeared in the New Plymouth District Court on Thursday. (file photo)
After almost two months on the run, Terrence Riddle will spend at least another week behind bars. He had managed to avoid capture since November 11, 2020, when a warrant for his arrest was issued for breaching his release conditions. Riddle appeared before Judge Lyn Harrison in the New Plymouth District Court on Thursday. Defence lawyer Samantha Hunt requested the case be adjourned for a week so a legal aid application could be filed. Harrison remanded Riddle in custody by consent to reappear on January 14 via audio visual link.
Within seconds, the alleged offender s vehicle came over the bridge, stopping within centimetres of the spikes. The officers armed with tasers quickly surrounded his vehicle. The alleged offender exited his vehicle, which had a trailer attached carrying what appeared to be a quad-bike, and surrendered to police without a fuss. About 10 minutes prior to the arrest, officers had spotted a vehicle believed to be involved in a firearms incident in New Plymouth on Monday, a police spokesperson said.
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On Friday, the victim’s husband, Arapeta Ryan Hodgkinson, was sentenced in New Plymouth District Court for the crash.
Duncan provided a false name but when her true identity was discovered by police she was found to have an active warrant to arrest. Officers also discovered a sawn-off .22 calibre firearm, wrapped in a blue gang shirt, in the rear passenger foot well of the car. Duncan, who was also found in possession of a glass methamphetamine pipe and a flick knife, declined to comment but admitted the gun was hers. Defence lawyer Samantha Hunt, appearing for Nina Laird, sought an end sentence of five months’ imprisonment on the firearm charge. Police prosecutor Sergeant Lewis Sutton believed a sentence in the range of five months or higher was warranted.