Police station roof climber heading for treatment
man who clambered around on the Christchurch Central Police Station roof is heading back into treatment for his on-going substance abuse issues.
Forty-year-old Dean Paul Colledge, a bricklayer, admitted charges of being found without reasonable excuse on the police station, and unlawful possession of a knife, at an appearance in the Christchurch District Court yesterday.
Prosecutor Glenn Henderson said Colledge had entered the police station grounds in St Asaph Street about 10.40pm on June 23, and climbed up a drain pipe and onto the roof. He walked around until challenged by police staff, who then found a knife in the guttering. Colledge was wearing an empty sheath for the knife.
When interviewed, Colledge said he was “protecting my life”.
Defence counsel Gerald Lascelles said Colledge had been in treatment at the St Marks alcohol and drugs treatment centre in Blenheim last year, and had been in Hillmorton Hospital for two weeks since then.
Judge Stephanie Edwards had the case stood down for the Probation Service to find out about treatment options.
She then released him under intensive supervision for nine months for Colledge to stay at a lodge for short term treatment for his “on-going substance abuse issues” until he can be readmitted to the St Marks residential programme in October.
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