A man who appeared in Summary Court on Thursday, 25 September to answer a charges of damage of property and theft in relation to the destruction of two wheel clamps placed on his car by a security company, received a light sentence from the Magistrate Nova Hall, after pleading to guilty one of the offences.
The man’s name will not be published as a result of his conviction being withheld.
Speaking to the Court regarding the incident, on 8 September, 2008, he explained that he is a diabetic and that he had come to the Court House on business, which ran a little over time. When he returned to the parking lot at the Public Library across the street, the man said he found two locks on his car.
“I took a piece of two by four and lick off one,” the man told the Magistrate, explaining that once he did so, he drove with them to the police station, where he was subsequently charged with the offences of theft and damage to property.
“Your Honour, the security company did not even have a business licence and this is a law that exists no where on our books. The mother Country does not support this kind of cowboy behaviour anymore and I don’t see why we should,” said the man.
He added that he had received a quote for the cost of the clamps and was prepared to pay the cost, before presenting an invoice to the Court.
After listening to the man’s mitigating arguments, Magistrate Hall indicated that the charge of theft was not necessary, as the damage to property was the more appropriate description of the incident and considering the man was keen on repaying the amount to the security company. She admonished and discharged the man and fined him $300 to be paid in compensation or 20 days in prison.
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