Man Admits Receiving Videos (Press, 12 December 1984)

On 12 December 1984, the District Court heard several cases involving theft, drug offences, and other criminal activities. Detective-Sergeant B. M. Roswell reported on the case of Ra Ponty Manawatu, a 30-year-old butcher, who admitted to receiving three stolen video recorders valued at $5,100. Manawatu claimed he paid $1,380 in cash to a man he met in a hotel bar for the recorders. The items were part of a larger burglary that occurred on 21 November, when fourteen videos worth $27,000 were stolen from Wilder Transport Ltd.'s Sockburn warehouse. After being approached by police on 5 December, it was revealed that Manawatu had one of the stolen videos in his possession and had sold two others for $480 each. All three recorders were ultimately recovered. Manawatu was convicted and is set to return for sentencing on 14 January 1985. In a related case, 30-year-old Gordon John Barnett was remanded without a plea to 18 December on a charge of receiving a $1,700 video recorder from Manawatu. Another individual, 20-year-old Tony Desmond Wheeler, denied receiving a recorder and was remanded at large until 18 February for a defended hearing. Additionally, three individuals faced bookmaking charges. They were remanded at large without plea until 17 December. Peter Lloyd Machirus, aged 39, and Paul Vaughan Costigan, aged 37, were charged with various bookmaking offences, while Judy Joy Davis, aged 36, faced multiple charges including acting as a bookmaker and permitting premises in Riccarton for such purposes. All charges stemmed from their activities on 8 December. In another case, Kay Elizabeth Satterly, a 26-year-old solo mother, was charged with the use of heroin on 10 December and remanded on bail to 19 December without entering a plea. Glenn Alan Ufton, 20, pleaded guilty to assaulting a 62-year-old woman and snatching her handbag in a city street on 26 November. He was remanded at large until 15 January for a probation report and sentencing. The elderly woman suffered injuries during the incident but managed to recover her property, valued at $65. Christopher Robin Horgan, a 26-year-old unemployed man, faced multiple drug charges including possession and use of heroin, and was remanded without a plea to 19 December. Lastly, Toni Ariel Rogers, a 21-year-old transvestite, admitted to the fraudulent use of a stolen Diner's Club card to obtain property worth $10,000, including clothing and jewellery. Rogers was remanded in custody until 18 December for a probation report, with none of the stolen property recovered. The card was taken from the home of an acquaintance on 26 November, and Rogers used it himself and lent it to others for their use. Gary Michael Kittelty, a 21-year-old hotel security officer, was also charged with cultivating cannabis and permitting his car to be used for transporting cannabis plants. He was remanded on bail to 18 December.

The text on this page is created, in the most part, using Generative AI and so may contain errors or omissions. It is supplied to you without guarantee or warranty of correctness. If you find an error or would like to make a content suggestion please get in contact

The text on this page is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 New Zealand