Custody remand for ‘dog-napping’ charge
A man accused of taking a car with a family dog inside has been remanded in custody at the Christchurch District Court.
Ashley Lyle Scarlett, 26, was remanded without plea to appear at court by video-link from the prison on October 31.
Judge Brian Callaghan heard the bail application put forward by defence counsel Lee Lee Heah but refused bail for the two-week remand.
Scarlett is accused of a burglary, and unlawfully taking two cars.
One of the cars was allegedly taken from Waimairi Road in Ilam early this month, with the German shepherd Diego inside.
After a flurry of activity on social media, Diego was found by a member of the public after being let out of the car. He was found in Chatswood Place, Bishopdale, but the car remained missing at that time.
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