A Queenstown carpenter, with three pages of previous street-violence crimes, was back in court yesterday, just four weeks after his last convictions.
Jeavon Jamie Rapata-Brookland (25) appeared before Judge Peter Rollo in the Queenstown District Court yesterday to admit disorderly behaviour from April 2.
His lawyer, Tanya Surrey, said alcohol was "clearly" a catalyst for his offending.
"He accepts drinking and [behaving] like this in central Queenstown is not acceptable, and he needs to get his act together."
Judge Rollo said on March 25 Rapata-Brookland was sentenced to 50 hours’ community work and ordered to pay more than $600 reparation after admitting wilful damage, fighting in a public place and family violence.
"It just shows a pattern.
"Your adult life has been spent in courts and doing community work and the like.
"You’ve probably wasted a hell of a lot of time, which you could have more productively used [working], and providing money for [your family]," the judge said yesterday.
"There is only one person who’s ultimately responsible for all of that, and that’s you," he stated.
Judge Rollo said Rapata-Brookland’s most recent offending was an "unnecessary incident", in which he had been intoxicated and had "thrown a punch at some guy".
He was sentenced to 50 hours’ community work, cumulative on his most recent sentence, and nine months’ supervision with special conditions.
