Teen admits kidnap, robbery
A 19-year-old Avonhead teen admits kidnapping and robbing an Upper Riccarton man in January, but denies assaulting him.
Shem Brokenshire pleaded guilty to kidnap and aggravated robbery charges, but pleaded not guilty to assaulting the man with a screwdriver, when he appeared by video-link from the prison in the Christchurch District Court today.
He also pleaded guilty to driving charges, shoplifting from a Papanui liquor store and damaging the shop’s door, and breaches of court imposed sentences.
Brokenshire and a co-offender forced the man into his 1989 Jaguar Sovereign car and drove him to the Bush Inn Centre where Brokenshire used the victim’s eft-pos card to withdraw $300.
He then drove to the Avonhead Mall and withdrew another $500, but at the BP service station at Church Corner the victim escaped and called the police. He was treated at hospital for minor stab wounds.
Brokenshire used the eft-pos card to purchase $50 of fuel from Z Service Station Hornby, and another $73.50 of products from Z Templeton.
Brokenshire drove inland near Rakaia, where he did a series of skids and donuts on a gravel road and crashed into a hay bale. The car broke down and was towed to the Challenge Service Station in Winchester, where staff became suspicious when the pair asked to use the phone to order a taxi back to Christchurch.
The police were called, and Brokenshire returned a positive result in a alcohol breath-test, and admitted he did not have a driver’s licence.
Judge Gary MacAskill remanded Brokenshire in custody for sentencing on April 27.
His 15-year-old alleged co-offender is being dealt with in the Youth Court.
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