DVD thief picked the wrong second-hand dealer to sell to

The adage it's not what you know but who you know proved a problem for an Auckland man who appeared in the Invercargill District Court yesterday charged with receiving.

Cyrus Alexis Alupis, 32, appeared before Judge Kevin Phillips charged with receiving DVDs worth $142 at Marton between March 29 and 30.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Glen McMurdo said the DVDs had been taken from a house. After watching them, Alupis and an associate took them to a second-hand dealer and were each paid $15. However, the victim, who was friends with the owner of the second-hand shop, mentioned they had been the victim of a theft, Mr McMurdo said. The second-hand dealer realised what had happened and informed police, Mr McMurdo said.

Judge Phillips sentenced Alupis to 40 hours' community work and ordered him to pay $15 reparation.

Intentional damage
Liam John Maloney, 17, student, was remanded to April 20 for a reparation report for intentionally damaging a church on or about October 17.

Sebastian Albert Venekamp, 20, of Happy Valley, was fined $300 and ordered to pay $657.58 reparation for intentionally damaging road signs belonging to the Southland District Council at Tuatapere on July 18, and sentenced to 40 hours' community work and disqualified from driving for six months for driving while suspended on October 9.

Phillip Trevor John Devery, 20, apprentice electrician, of Arrowtown, was fined $300 for intentionally damaging the road signs at Tuatapere. The court was told Devery had already paid his share of the reparation.

Frances Wainui Gillies, 49, was ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within six months for intentionally damaging her partner's car on March 7.

Assault
Ross Vivian Patrick, 32, meat worker, was sentenced to 50 hours' community work and six months' supervision for assaulting the mother of his children on December 14.

Nigel Oliver Morrison, 23, was sentenced to six months' supervision for assault on January 17, and ordered to pay $200 reparation for intentionally damaging a telephone the same day.

Receiving
Daniel Francis Ashbrook, 29, was sentenced to 80 hours' community work for receiving a home-built trailer, valued at $480.

Alisa Jane Frances Collins, 18, of Riverton, was disqualified from driving for three months and ordered to pay $21.72 reparation for receiving stolen petrol at Riverton on October 1.

Drink-driving
Jamie Edward Purdue, 33, was fined $500 and disqualified from driving for six months for driving with a breath alcohol level of 466mcg on December 5.

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