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The Star Thursday October 21 2021 4 NEWS Alleged scammer gets name suppression • From page 1 It’s understood that the police investigation is ongoing and more charges are possible. Defence counsel Anselm Williams said the man pleaded not guilty to the charges and elected trial by jury. He applied for interim name suppression on fair trial grounds which was granted by Judge Tony Couch. However, the judge declined an application for bail, which was opposed by police, and remanded the man in custody to his next appearance at a Crown case review hearing on December 16. A 32-year-old woman was also arrested and has been charged with possession of methamphetamine and causing loss by deception relating to alleged offending that occurred overnight where a victim was scammed out of $28,000. She is due to appear at the district court next week. “As this is an active investigation with ongoing inquiries, we are limited in providing further details at this time,” Freeman said. • By Fiona Ellis A WOMAN was stopped from shopping at a supermarket after security questioned the validity of a special pass that allows her not to wear a mask. Jody Devine is now seeking an apology from Pak’n Save Wainoni over the incident, which she says has traumatised her. But Foodstuffs New Zealand head of corporate affairs Antoinette Laird told The Star yesterday a customer (Devine), who when “politely asked to provide documentation they had a mask exemption”, became both verbally and physically abusive towards a member of the team. “Following this outburst the customer was asked to leave the store and we understand has now gone to the police.” Devine, who does not wear a facemask due to her tic disorder and PTSD, was not expecting any trouble on her visit to the store where she often shopped without incident. Her medical exemption card was emailed to her following an application to the Disabled Persons Assembly NZ, and she had printed and laminated it. Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Shopper denied entry, demands an apology UPSET: Jody Devine holding her mask exemption card. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN She also had further documents saved on her phone to provide more detail about her conditions if asked, she said. “I shopped on Tuesday and it was fine, on Wednesday it wasn’t fine.” Devine was surprised when security guards told her the card was insufficient. She then tried to push through the two guards, but they grabbed her and physically blocked her, an experience she found frightening. “I just want Pak’n Save to do the right thing and apologise.” People tended to make rude comments when she was running errands without a mask, and after her experience at Pak’n Save, shopping was now her partner’s job, she said. “Mentally, I can’t do it.” Said Laird: “Our teams are all working extremely hard to keep customers and their team mates safe, abuse of any kind is unacceptable and will not be tolerated in any of our stores.” Sports club celebrates admission of men • By John Cosgrove THE CLOCK will be turned back tomorrow when a nearly 100-yearold sports club celebrates the day it finally decided to admit members of the opposite sex – men. Men were banned from admission to the Cashmere Croquet Club from its foundation in 1923 until 1939, during which time the club was exclusively women’s only. But at 4pm on October 16, 1939, the club committee decided by the close margin of nine for and six against that men could join, as long as they only played in the evenings. Their membership fees were set at one guinea. The guinea had a face value of one pound and one shilling then. Tomorrow at 4pm, the club will again be holding a men’s only session to commemorate its moment in history. Secretary Nicky Sarson said they will be dressing up in period costume of whites and bowler hats. “We have advised them that there will be no ladies in attendance and they should bring their own food and beverages just as they did back then.” SPRING S alE 70 UP TO % OFF More details on Website under ‘Current Promotions’ laST 3 dayS Ends Saturday 23rd October 2pm Weekdays 9am-5pm | Saturday 10am-2pm 421 Colombo Street Christchurch 8023 P. 03 366-5475 www.westendejewellers.co.nz
• By Chris Barclay A COMMUNITY group has slammed Catherine Chu’s lax attendance at staff-led briefings but the city councillor is unrepentant, insisting the missed consultations were irrelevant. The first-term Riccarton Ward representative’s disdain for briefings – designed to update and inform councillors on issues – stretches back to September last year, where figures indicated she failed to attend half the maximum number. Chu is in the cross hairs again this week with the Avonhead Community Group emailing her Independent Citizens hierarchy and Mayor Lianne Dalziel to express “concern and dissatisfaction” with the 25-year-old’s performance. Group chair Professor Somnath Bagchi said Chu had only attended 34 of a possible 86 council briefings from October 25, 2019 to June 29, 2021. “An elected representative to the council, who is paid for using public money, is expected to pay full attention to the role. We are not confident that Cr Chu is attending meetings enough to be able to act in the interests of the public or represent her electorate effectively,” he said. Lacking the legal means to remove an elected representative “despite poor performance” the group urged Independent Citizens chair Jason Middlemiss to make briefings compulsory for Chu. Bagchi was seeking discussions with Middlemiss. Neither Middlemiss nor Dalziel were unable to respond to The Star yesterday. Although unhappy, the group did not seek Chu’s resignation before next October’s local government elections, with Bagchi estimating a by-election could cost more than $80,000. He said the group was also irked by Chu’s decision to stand Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz – unsuccessfully – for National in Banks Peninsula at last year’s general election, eight weeks after she was voted on to council. City councillors are paid $114,130 a year. “For almost 5-6 months she was completely unavailable because she was busy with her electorate campaign. She should have declared her principal interest was somewhere else,” Bagchi said. Chu was adamant the council briefings were often unnecessary: “To be really blunt and honest, a lot of them are a waste of staff time.” She made an exception about a recent briefing on the implications of the Government’s controversial Three Waters reforms before the council sent their feedback to Wellington. However, she insisted many did not warrant attending, citing Tuesday’s schedule, which included an update on the council’s outdoor dining policy. “Staff are having to sit there the whole day, they’re getting paid so much money by NEWS 5 City councillor unrepentant after being slammed again for poor attendance Catherine Chu Somnath Bagchi UNDER FIRE: Catherine Chu, third from left, pictured with the members of the Halswell Hornby Riccarton Community Board in November 2020. Thursday October 21 2021 The Star ratepayers to go over such basic things with us. It’s not worth it,” she said, arguing councillors already had received relevant information through email. Chu said some residents were sympathetic after she explained her stance. “Some said go, have a tick next to your name, and just leave. It’s not in my nature to do that,” she said. Others were concerned Chu would not be able to make informed decisions on their behalf by skipping briefings. She countered, urging the council to live-stream the proceedings. “If the council are so confident our briefings are efficient why aren’t we live-streaming for the public to see? Then they could truly see what a waste of time some of them are.” Independent Citizens councillor Sam MacDonald, who works with the Avonhead group, said it was not his place to defend Chu but he could see her point. “Some are really valuable but [with] others I feel like we sit there going through the motions. 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