A Papamoa man who damaged computer equipment while visiting the ACC offices in Grey St last month has been jailed for two weeks and faces deportation to India.
Varinder Singh, 23, pleaded guilty to a charge of wilful damage in Tauranga District Court last week, but denied a further charge of threatening to kill a female psychologist and her family.
On March 28 this year, Singh entered the ACC offices in Grey St and got into an argument with a staff member, jumped the counter and began pushing computer equipment off the desks.
A Tauranga City Council parking warden, who wished to be known only as Peter, helped restrain Singh and used his radio to call for police help.
Lawyer Glenn Dixon told Judge Louis Bidois that Singh was being treated for a significant head injury which left him with speech difficulties and he had to learn to talk again.