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12 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi News Thursday February 14 2019 Local News Now The Star Fire rages, homes at risk Meth use leads to $12k payout to landlord A TENANT who made off with a stained glass window and smoked methamphetamine in her flat has been ordered to pay almost $12,000 to her landlord. Kerry Lee Harper was the second Christchurch tenant in a week to be hit with thousands of dollars in damage claims at the Tenancy Tribunal as a result of meth contamination, New Zealand Herald reported. She must now hand over $11,558 to Champagne Homes, including $3145 for meth testing, $800 for the replacement of a stained glass window and $5640 for cleaning and repainting her rental. With Harper failing to attend the tribunal hearing, the adjudicator backed all the claims put forward by Champagne Homes. The company said it had significantly repaired the rental before giving it to Harper, but that once her tenancy ended, they found a stained glass window removed from an inside door and the walls contaminated with meth. Fronting the Tenancy Tribunal in a separate hearing, fellow Christchurch tenant Minna O’Toole was also ordered to pay $13,241 to her landlord Holmwood Real Estate. The company told the hearing O’Toole or others had smoked meth in the rental, leading to it spending more than $12,000 on meth testing and cleaning costs. It said there were clear signs O’Toole had been taking drugs in the rental during the last six months of her tenancy. “The tenant’s behaviour changed. She became irrational and appeared cut off. Her eyes rolled in her head and she could not maintain eye contact,” the landlord told the tribunal. “While she had previously kept the premises reasonably clean and tidy, it became filthy. There were little bags containing marijuana and butane bottles in the premises.” Meth testing also showed the rental exceeded contamination levels of 15 µg/100cm² currently used as a guideline after being backed by the former chief scientific adviser to the Prime Minister Sir Peter Gluckman. “In the circumstances, I accept that the proposed decontamination is necessary to get the premises to a reasonably clean and tidy state,” the adjudicator wrote. “The [damage] amounts ordered are proved.” Taggers run rampant in port • By Louis Day TAGGING IN Lyttelton is the worst it’s been in 20 years – and locals want something done about it. Their frustration has been growing since the timeball station was vandalised earlier this month, adding to the growing list of buildings and signs tagged in the area. Lyttelton Community Association chairman Ken Maynard said the current wave of vandalism in the area is the worst he has seen in 20 years of living there. “It seems to be getting worse. The offensive ones like the timeball are over the quality street art where the taggers have felt the need to make their own contribution.” Mr Maynard believes tagging in the area has been getting progressively worse since the February 22, 2011, earthquake. “The increase of derelict buildings, which I think are more susceptible to tagging than live ones, have provided taggers with a window of opportunity.” Mr Maynard said the police could only do so much to track down taggers and it was the VANDALISED: Lyttelton Community Association chairman Ken Maynard believes the tagging done to the mural on the Eruption Brewing building (above) and the one across from it (right) are just as offensive as the vandalism carried out at the timeball. responsibility of the taggers’ parents or guardians to prevent it from happening. Sergeant Franco Lovrich said police need the public’s help to identify the perpetrators of what he described as “mindless vandalism.” “If anyone could identify the tag or give us a name of a potential suspect, we would certainly follow up on that information,” Sergeant Lovrich said. Eruption Brewing owner Brendan Hyman said he was devastated to see taggers had defaced the mural on the side of his microbrewery. “I really don’t like tagging, but I love street art, and the fact that they have tagged over what was a great piece of street art is quite upsetting.” Mr Hyman said it has been an ongoing battle with taggers since he opened the microbrewery last year. Lyttelton Coffee Company owner Stephen Mateer said he has to deal with tagging on his cafe regularly. “I have got two to clean off at the moment actually, but there are some I quite like that I might leave on the building.” •To report tagging, phone the Lyttelton Police Station on 378 0200 or 0800 Crimestoppers (0800 555 111). 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