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Police caught Aaron Tamihana when he drove a short distance to his local dairy.

Sacha L'Estrange was already before the courts after she blew five times the legal limit. This time, she was almost seven times - the worst the judge had seen in years.

Todd threw a cup of drink at the victim, and then spat on him as the man called the police. Todd told police the man had approached him aggressively, and he had defended himself with what he had at the time. On April 24, there was an incident involving Todd’s neighbour on Weka St, Nelson. When the neighbour and two friends left her address, they saw Todd on his driveway with what appeared to be a firearm. “As the victims lost sight of [Todd], he began discharging the firearm, which was in fact a paintball gun, in the direction of the victim’s address.”

A Nelson man was sentenced for charges on a string of crimes between October and February, including receiving a $10,000 engagement ring.

Lawyer Tim Spear submitted that Wakelin should come up for sentence if called upon, as both the harm done to the victims and the chances of Wakelin acting in the same way again were “minimal”. Spear said because of the difficulties of Wakelin faced as a result of a historical head injury, there was no point in imposing supervision or a punitive sentence. Wakelin also personally apologised to Judge Tony Zohrab for his behaviour at his previous court appearance in October, where he interrupted the judge several times. Judge Zohrab said he had limited sentencing options, given Wakelin'...