Julian2 Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 SMH January 16, 2007 - 11:00AM It started with the client of a prostitute who wouldn't pay, and ended up with two damaged cars and criminal convictions. New Zealand's Timaru District Court has been told of how a prostitute tried to get her own back on Christopher Malcolm Duane Muir, a farmhand on the country's South Island, who didn't pay up after using her services. The Dominion Post newspaper reported the prostitute and three of her friends visited Muir on a farm to try to recover the money. Muir could not pay the women, who smashed his car windows and dented a door using a bat, causing about $1240 damage, the court heard. Muir then drove a tractor at the women's car while they were inside. A front loader on the tractor smashed the car's windscreen, shattering glass on Jacinta Kathleen Borrie, a front seat passenger. Muir tried to stop the car before it was driven away and struck a door of the vehicle with the tractor. Muir pleaded guilty to dangerous driving of a tractor, five counts of unlawful taking, three of burglary, and incurring debt by deception. He will be sentenced on February 22. Borrie has pleaded guilty to intentionally damaging Muir's car and will reappear for sentencing on January 29. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 Where's the burglary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted January 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 Police were probably looking for him anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidel Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 Mai Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh_Hoy Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 Maybe they meant "buggery"? Actually, there isn't enough info in the article to determine how "burlary" can be charged. Technically, entering a premises with the intent to commit a crime is "burglary". So, if it can be proved that a person enters a store with intent to "shoplift", they can charged, also, with burglary. With three counts of burglary, maybe part of the tractor entered the car where the three (four?) gals were seated? Who knows? The guy doesn't seem like the sharpest knife in the drawer. HH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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