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Police v C (5 July 1990) YC, Lower Hutt, CRN 0032004736-40; CRN 0032005540, Brown DCJ

Name: Police v C
Unreported
File number: CRN 0032004736-40; CRN 0032005540
Date: 5 July 1990
Court: Youth Court
Location: Lower Hutt
Judge: Brown DCJ, Principal Youth Court Judge
Charge: Receiving, Theft
CYPFA: s283(o)
Key Title: Conviction and transfer to District Court; Orders - Conviction and transfer to the District Court for sentence - s283(o).

Summary: C (now 17) charged with receiving; not denied; and theft of breath testing equipment while doing community work at Police Station. Offending overtaken by drug offences, allegedly committed after the age of 17, now before the District Court. Judge Brown had earlier disqualified C from driving when dealing with a further charge in the YC. FGC recommended transfer to District Court on these matters. Not purely indictable matters or matters for which a full time custodial sentence would necessarily be required but because of offender’s circumstances, concern as to drug matters and further offending while on bail on Youth Court matters, custodial sentence a possibility. Alternatives not appropriate in these circumstances especially as C now 17.

Decision: Order – Convicted and transferred to District Court for sentence – s283(o).