At the more extreme end of things, he and his mates also went into jewellery shops in a couple of malls in Christchurch, asked to try-on watches and took off with a couple of them. He also stole stuff from a supermarket and went for a ride in a stolen car. He went to the bike stand, removed a wheel from a bike which was chained to the stand, stuck his wheel on it and took off with it. What else did this guy get up to? Well, a month later, he walked into an intermediate school with a bike wheel. These guys knocked him off his bike, demanded his iPhone and earpods, punched and kicked him in the head and all over his body, and then nicked his bike. In February last year, a guy was riding his bike - which was worth nearly $3,000 - on a cycleway in Papanui. So here’s an example of the sort of stuff he and his associates got up to. He didn’t operate on his own - he had others involved too - but he was the one sentenced in court in Christchurch yesterday. So what he did was he went on what is being describing as a violent rampage - stealing other kids’ bikes, threatening and assaulting them. But I’m trying to look at it from a broader perspective, because that’s the luxury I’ve got - this guy’s crappy behaviour hasn’t affected me personally. There are other words I’d like to use, but you get the gist.Īnd if it was one of my kids that he and his mates targeted then, absolutely, I’d want the full weight of the law thrown at him, as well. Straight up: I think the guy sounds like a real piece of work. I mean, talk about judges being all over the show when it comes to sentences. Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald PodcastĪ Christchurch judge has sent an 18-year-old guy to prison for two-years-11-months and I don’t know whether the judge has done the right thing or the wrong thing.

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