Selwyn Times: August 12, 2020
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6 Wednesday <strong>August</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
WHITEBAITERS<br />
WEEK<br />
• By Devon Bolger<br />
A MAN in his 20’s held<br />
off a group armed with<br />
pool cues and wrenches<br />
who tried to break into his<br />
caravan on Sunday night.<br />
Senior Sergeant Dean<br />
Harker said the man<br />
heard a knock on the<br />
door of his caravan on<br />
McLaughlin St, Darfield.<br />
When he opened the<br />
door five people tried to<br />
try and enter the caravan.<br />
“The man was trying to<br />
hold the door closed at the<br />
same time. A struggle occurred<br />
and they ended up<br />
out on the footpath. The<br />
victim was able to call the<br />
police,” said Harker.<br />
SELWYN TIMES<br />
Man fights off armed intruders<br />
The victim was not injured.<br />
Nothing was taken<br />
from the caravan.<br />
The group discarded<br />
their weapons and left in<br />
two vehicles.<br />
“We are still working to<br />
determine if the parties<br />
knew each other. We’ve got<br />
some good leads that we are<br />
going with,” said Harker.<br />
Driver remorseful<br />
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Crusaders chief executive<br />
Colin Mansbridge said<br />
he was limited in what he<br />
could say as it is a private,<br />
employment-related matter<br />
involving a “now former”<br />
Crusaders employee.<br />
He would not say if<br />
the former employee<br />
would be liable for the<br />
vehicle.<br />
Asked if he was on<br />
Crusaders-related<br />
business on the<br />
weekend of the crash,<br />
Mr Mansbridge said:<br />
“Absolutely not.”<br />
“It goes without saying<br />
that the Crusaders do not<br />
condone driving under the<br />
influence, irrespective of<br />
whether someone is in a<br />
company vehicle or not. We<br />
are unable to comment further<br />
on the specific details<br />
relating to this incident.”<br />
Police would not discuss<br />
the driver but said he was<br />
“incredibly lucky” he didn’t<br />
kill himself or an innocent<br />
party.<br />
“He was incredibly<br />
remorseful and understood<br />
the consequences of what<br />
he had done,” said Senior<br />
Constable Andy<br />
Williamson, who<br />
attended the crash.<br />
As a result of<br />
the crash, Williamson<br />
had been<br />
invited to give a<br />
talk to Lincoln<br />
Rugby Football<br />
Club members.<br />
The drink-driver had been<br />
watching a game at Lincoln.<br />
It is understood he is<br />
not a member of the club.<br />
Williamson said talking<br />
at sports clubs and<br />
to hotel patrons was part<br />
of a <strong>Selwyn</strong>-wide police<br />
strategy to educate people<br />
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Over and above the<br />
carnage drink-drivers<br />
caused on the road, losing<br />
a driver licence could have<br />
far-reaching consequences,<br />
said Williamson.<br />
A number of countries<br />
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who had a drink-driving<br />
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would not be able to get in<br />
if they had a drink-driving<br />
conviction, he said.<br />
The crash came during<br />
a Canterbury-wide police<br />
crackdown on drink driving<br />
in July.<br />
Police tested 14,042 motorists<br />
during the month.<br />
Sixty-seven were over the<br />
legal limit of 250mcg/l, 32<br />
of those over the second<br />
limit of 400mcg/l.<br />
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