Taser robbery charges denied
A man police allege used a taser to try to rob a dairy in Opawa in July has pleaded not guilty to 10 charges in the Christchurch District Court.
Edward Paul Paterson, 24, appeared by video link from the Christchurch Men’s Prison, and denied two charges of assault using a taser to rob the dairy owners, being in possession of two shotguns, ammunition, a taser, a knife, a meat cleaver, an axe, and a pipe for using methamphetamine.
Defence counsel Andrew Bailey said Paterson did not seek bail, and wanted a judge-alone trial.
Judge John Strettell remanded Paterson in custody to a case review hearing on October 10.
Police allege that about 8am on July 30, Paterson tried to use the stun gun on Kamlesh and Neeta Patel, who fought him off and followed him out of the dairy and noted his licence plate.
Police set up cordons in the area and stopped a car on Tunnel Road a short time later, and found weapons in the car.
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