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Supervision for driver in failed robbery bid
The woman who drove three men to an address where they expected to rob the occupier of a safe was given community detention and a supervision term at her sentencing in the Christchurch District Court yesterday.
Donna Rita Mareraki, 24, admitted an attempted burglary charge, and was also sentenced for a breach of community work.
Judge David Saunders said that even though Mareraki didn?t leave the car, and he was sure she didn?t know one of the men was armed, she was party to the offence.
She knew the men were up to no good, and when they were unsuccessful she drove them away. He said she had very unwisely allowed herself to be sucked into the offending.
He sentenced her to 12 months intensive supervision, with an assessment for a rehabilitation programme.
He also asked for judicial monitoring of Mareraki, under which her probation officer will give a report three monthly directly to the judge.
He cancelled her community work and said it would be undue hardship to direct forfeiture of the car.?He said she had involved herself in the dishonest activities of others, and also sentenced her to community detention for two months which includes curfew hours.
The three men she drove confronted?a Styx Mill householder while they had masks on, and one of them pointed a gun to his head. They asked him to show them the safe but he shut the door in their faces and rang the police.
Marcus Steven Wootton?had already been sentenced for two years four months for arranging the burglary and monitoring a police scanner while the crime took place. He was on home detention at the time.
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