Ice Challenge breaches sentence

Hapeta Matawhiu Tiopera, 25, of Featherston, pleaded guilty to breaching a sentence of home detention.

Even a bucket of ice water wasn't enough of a wake-up call for Hapeta Matawhiu Tiopera.

The 25-year-old of Featherston man breached his home detention sentence by taking on the Ice Challenge at his sister's house the day after being sentenced to an extra month for breaching the sentence twice already.

Tiopera was sentenced to six months' home detention in February on charges including stealing a car and using a document to gain pecuniary advantage.

At the time of the original sentencing, the judge told him he was lucky not to be going to prison.

Back before the court last Monday, pleading guilty to a charge of breaching home detention and with Community Corrections asking for a review of the original sentence, Judge Barbara Morris told Tiopera he may have signed his own jail sentence by not complying with the sentence.

Defence lawyer Ian Hard said his client had done a stupid thing breaching the day after being sentenced for the earlier breaches.

He'd been absent from his home for 12 minutes while he took on the Ice Challenge at his sister's home, raising money for the Cancer Society, Mr Hard said.

The home detention breach didn't warrant a review of the sentence which expires on September 8, he said.

"It was not a serious breach ... he should be allowed to continue."

Judge Morris remanded Tiopera on his current home detention conditions, warning him of any further breaches before sentencing on October 2.

He is due back in court on September 2 for a bail hearing as his sentence expires six days later.

"Breaching would be exceedingly foolish.

"Any breaches of this home detention and you will be immediately remanded in custody," she said.