Topic: Secret Witnesses
| | Marlborough Express Monday, May 31, 2004 | Man claimed knife was for protection A Blenheim man carried a knife to protect himself from a gang he had recently left, the Blenheim District Court has heard. Bevan John Kelly appeared before Judge David McKegg on Friday and pleaded guilty to charges of possessing a knife in a public place, theft and receiving. Representing himself, Kelly told the court the knife was to protect him and his children after disassociating himself from a gang, from which he had since received threats. "I took it upon myself to protect me and my family," he said. Judge McKegg noted Kelly's extensive record - "the less said about that the best". He sentenced him to 200 hours community work.
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Updated: Saturday, 22 November 2008 9:51 PM
