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6 Thursday July 27 2017 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi The Star News Manji’s MP campaign set to launch • By Bridget Rutherford CITY COUNCILLOR Raf Manji will launch his bid to become an MP tomorrow. The former investment banker is standing as a independent in the Ilam electorate. He will come up against National’s Gerry Brownlee, who has held the seat since 1996, Labour’s Anthony Rimell and David Lee, of the Green Party. Student Volunteer Army founder Raf Manji Sam Johnson will introduce Cr Manji, as he did for his first city council campaign in 2013. Cr Manji said the themes of his political campaign launch would be similar to that of his council campaign – finance, strategy and community. “I’m going to be talking about my vision for the city and the key issues we have in Ilam.” The launch will be held at Mona Vale at 10am. If elected, he would step down as councillor. A by-election would cost $65,000 to replace him. Move to ban roadside vehicle sales • By Bridget Rutherford SELLING YOUR vehicle on the side of the road could soon be illegal. The city council is developing a new Traffic and Parking Bylaw to replace the current rules, and wants to add a new clause prohibiting the practice. Under the new clause, a person must not stop, stand or park a vehicle on any road or parking place to offer it for sale, unless it was being used for day-today travel. City council Helen Beaumont head of strategic policy Helen Beaumont said on some streets, such as Cranford St, it created hazards and distractions. “Drivers have been seen making risky manoeuvres, such as U-turns, in order to get a better view or to park alongside the cars for sale.” She said some car sales businesses had been using adjoining on-street parks as part of their forecourts. The city council would consider the draft bylaw early next month, with consultation Heat Pump Specials Heat Pump Specials INCLUDES INSTALLATION. CONDITIONS APPLY. 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She did not believe it created a hazard, as people did risky manoeuvres and U-turns everywhere. “That comes down to someone’s driving really.” The woman said she had listed the vehicle on Trade Me as well, but thought parking it on the CHANGES: Parking vehicles on any road or parking place to sell them could be banned as part of a new city council bylaw. PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER roadside gave it more exposure. She said it would likely be difficult to enforce and there could be a designated space where vehicles could be parked to sell. AA senior policy analyst Mark Stockdale said if implemented, the city council should focus its enforcement on the busy streets where there was a risk. “Car sales businesses shouldn’t be using public parks to sell cars for profit.” •HAVE YOUR SAY: Do you think selling vehicles on the side of the road should be banned? 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The Star Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Thursday July 27 2017 7 News Car dealer escapes conviction • By Kurt Bayer A CHRISTCHURCH car dealer who punched a panel beater in the aftermath of a crash that wrote off a car he had just sold, has avoided a conviction today because of the work he does in the community. Nigel Terrance William Thompson (right) of city car dealership Nigel Thompson Motor Company was driving a car to its final compliance test when a vehicle pulled out of a St Asaph St panel shop at about 9.30am on January 13, this year, and hit him. Insurers would later deem Thompson’s vehicle so badly damaged it was a write-off. A furious Thompson, a 43-year-old who has previous convictions for fraud, dating back 15 years, got out of the car. A heated verbal argument ensued and several panel shop workers came out of the workshop to see what was going on. One of the men told Thompson to “calm down, c***”. Thompson, who pleaded guilty to assault at the district court, admitted punching the man twice in the head. The pair fell into a car, causing $900 in damage to its door. At court yesterday, through his defence counsel Jonathan Eaton QC, he was granted a discharge without conviction. Thompson, the court heard, felt surrounded and intimidated by the crowd. When the complainant phoned the police to report the assault, Mr Eaton said the man admitted he shouldn’t have used such offensive language towards Thompson. The complainant suffered a cut to his nose and two large lumps on his forehead. Thompson received a black eye. Mr Eaton said in spite of Thompson’s substantial fraud offending, for which he served jail time, the offending was out of character. Thompson later admitted it was a “stupid and inappropriate” response to a situation where independent witnesses identified him as the aggressor. After his release from prison in 2004, he vowed to never to return to a courtroom again as a defendant. The Salisbury Street Foundation, a privately-run residential facility that helps prison parolees reintegrate into the community, helped Thompson turn his life around. Thompson has gone on to establish a successful car dealership in Christchurch. He has also been an SSF board member since 2013 and does youth mentoring with other organisations. Mr Eaton argued a conviction would mean Thompson would have to give up his valuable mentoring roles and work he does in the community. It could also affect his biannual trips to Japan to buy cars. Judge Brian Callaghan said the incident was clearly a “fall from grace” for Thompson. But he was satisfied the direct, and indirect, consequences of a conviction would outweigh the seriousness of the incident and that a discharge without conviction could be entered. The judge ordered Thompson pay $948 in reparation for the damage to the car door, and a further $1000 as emotional harm compensation to the complainant. DNA could identify potential child abductor • By Andrew King DNA EVIDENCE could be the key to finding a man who attempted to abduct a young girl from a Governors Bay car park. Police have taken fingernail clippings from the victim in an effort to find evidence of her attacker, the victim’s mother told The Star. The samples will then be checked against the National DNA Profile Databank to see if there is a match. The girl fought off her attacker, which means she could have evidence underneath her fingernails that could identify her attacker. On June 15 she was with friends playing hide and seek in the Governors Bay Hotel gardens when she slipped down a hill and landed in the hotel car park. A man, described as a European in a red vehicle possibly a sedan, sped into the car park at about 4.20pm. 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