Woman on home detention found at different house

A Rotorua woman on home detention took off her monitoring bracelet, shifted house and was only picked up when police were called to her new address, a court has been told.

Pauline Jane Hura, 50, unemployed, was sentenced to 12 months' jail last September 23 for drunk driving and driving while disqualified.

It was the third time she had been caught driving drunk and while disqualified.

The Community Probation Service is now recalling Hura's home detention order and wants her to be jailed.

Hura appeared in Rotorua District Court yesterday and pleaded guilty to breaching home detention.

On February 17, Hura removed her home detention monitoring bracelet and left her daughter's home, going to live with her husband.

She did not contact the Community Probation Service to tell her probation officer that she had left her daughter's house.

Her escape from there was only picked up when police were called to a domestic dispute at her husband's house on February 21.

Alcohol was involved and as a result Hura was removed from the house and was taken back to her daughter's home.

Hura was breaching her home detention release conditions by drinking alcohol.

Her lawyer, Tania Macdonald, told Judge James Weir that Hura wanted to move back to her husband's house because it was costing her too much to live with her daughter.

Judge Weir said he could not sentence Hura until her recall order had been heard by the parole board.

She was remanded in custody to reappear on March 10.

- NZPA