An 18-year-old Onerahi man charged over the latest ram raid of Parua Bay Four Square left the court dock in tears after a judge denied him bail.
Zion Tahitahi appeared in the Whangārei District Court yesterdayjointly charged with the burglary of Parua Bay Four Square and unlawfully getting into a motor vehicle on April 7.
Judge Greg Davis denied bail and remanded Tahitahi in custody to appear again on April 26 when he was being sentenced on other charges. If Tahitahi did not enter pleas to the new charges he would appear again on May 8 when he would be expected to do so.
Tahitahi was flanked by a police escort and spent most of the time wiping tears from his eyes with his black T-shirt, as he glanced at his mother in the public gallery.
The alleged co-offenders Triden Tarawa, who turns 20 on Sunday, and Malachi Tokorangi, 18, both of Onerahi, faced the same charges but were luckier when it came to bail which they were granted on strict conditions including a curfew from 7pm to 7am, not to associate with each other and not to go east of the Onerahi roundabout. They would appear again on May 8.