The tenant sold the furniture off on TradeMe. File photo / NZ Herald
The tenant sold the furniture off on TradeMe. File photo / NZ Herald
A 21-year-old Westport woman who sold $12,000 of furniture from the furnished house she was renting was convicted and remanded for sentencing, when she admitted the offending in the Greymouth District Court yesterday.
On April 29, Nikayla Grace Gleeson entered into a rent to buy agreement for bunk beds. However,after paying only a small deposit she then sold the beds for $325.
On June 30, Gleeson was living in a fully furnished, tenanted flat. She advertised one of the property's couches for sale on Trade Me, then sold the fridge, freezer, outdoor furniture and other items when the person came to look at the sofa. The total value of the property Gleeson sold was about $12,000.
Gleeson also took a plasma television, which she claimed she had decided at the last minute to leave behind, although it had not been recovered by police.
She will be sentenced in the Westport District Court on April 16.
