A man who is under extended supervision has been given a final warning to stay within his probation rules.
Ian James Hunt was in the Whanganui District Court on three charges of breaching extended supervision in January and April. He denied doing so when he appeared in court on Wednesday.
Submissions put to Judge David Cameron were that there was nothing sinister or of a "grooming nature" when he was in the presence of children aged under 16 years.
Hunt, 57, who has been in the community since his release from prison in October 2010, came to court aided by a walking stick.
The court was told he was impaired by a stroke.
Corrections Department probation officer Richard Palmer said Hunt was told on April 22 that he was not to have contact with a child's mother, but had done so on May 3 when he left his dog at her place when he went to community work.
It was during a May 9 interview with a probation officer that he disclosed this information.
Judge Cameron gave Hunt a final warning that if there was any further offending of this type, he would be going back to prison.
"You would be very foolish to step outside the boundaries."
Hunt has pleaded not guilty to the three charges and was remanded on bail to appear again at a status hearing on August 7.
Bail denied again
Swade Teaitu Wallace, 28, was told by Judge Cameron he had come back for "another bite of the cherry" when he applied for bail on Wednesday.
Wallace had returned to court because he now had an out-of-town address.
Wallace, who is facing two charges of breach of a protection order, was told by Judge Cameron that his "fulsome decision" to decline bail on May 27 and his concerns expressed at that time, continued to apply.
A Levin address with Wallace's aunty in Levin did not sway Judge Cameron to change his mind.
Wallace was remanded in custody to reappear on June 18.
Assault alleged
Caine Robert Teki, 26, was remanded on bail on a charge of assault with intent to injure.
Teki has pleaded not guilty. His lawyer Stephanie Burlace told Judge Cameron there were three witnesses for the defence and two for the police.
A date for a two to three hour hearing has yet to be fixed.
Bail refused
Liam Hourigan, 18, made an application for bail prior to sentencing.
Hourigan was bailed to Wanganui from Auckland where he is facing charges of aggravated robbery, wilful damage and hindering police.
Hourigan was found guilty following a trial, and a conviction was entered on May 29.
Hourigan went into a dairy with a pistol and a bandanna covering his face.
He was released on bail to Wanganui by Judge Nevin Dawson, and must return to Auckland for sentencing on July 11. Judge Cameron said this was not the first blemish while on bail. In December 2012 Hourigan consumed alcohol and got into a fight.
It is alleged Hourigan was mildly intoxicated and walking along Victoria Ave with associates when he threw a 1kg brick at a taxi van.
It is also alleged he gave police a false name.
A bail condition was that Hourigan not consume alcohol.
Judge Cameron said there was a concern that Hourigan and his partner would interfere with witnesses and remanded him in custody to appear on June 18.
Back to prison
Jason Alexander Chase was sent back to prison after unsuccessfully applying for bail on compassionate grounds.
Judge Cameron told Chase, 39, in the Whanganui District Court on Wednesday that he was the author of his own misfortune and that sooner or later matters would catch up with him.
Chase was arrested on Monday for failing to appear in court to answer a charge of breach of community work and two charges of breaching supervision he was sentenced to in May, 2012.
Chase had completed only 6.75 hours of the 100 hours community work.
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six weeks in prison.