Bus driver death: 17-year-old pleads guilty to theft

Bus driver Herman Curry. Photo / Supplied

A 17-year-old youth charged with stealing a cash box from a Wellington bus depot where a driver died has pleaded guilty to theft.

A 20-year-old man charged with the same offence signalled he would also plead guilty.

The pair made a brief appearance in Lower Hutt District Court today.

Name suppression was continued for both men.

They were remanded on bail until July so a restorative justice meeting with the family of bus driver Herman Curry could be arranged.

The 64-year-old died during a late shift on Friday April 27 and police initially believed he had suffered head injures as a result of being attacked.

He was found lying near his bus at the Waterloo bus interchange. His cash box was missing.

It was later determined that he had died from a medical condition. It was believed he had a heart attack.

A group of youths handed themselves in to police on the following Sunday and two of them were charged with theft. Another two were dealt with by Youth Aid.