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05-11-2005, 02:17 PM
Teenager trapped in avalanche of peas
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A bored teenager was trapped in an avalanche of peas when he and two friends forced the door of a shipping container at an Ashburton seed company yard.
Ashburton District Court was told yesterday that Benjamin Jordan Hylands, 17, used a cigarette lighter to burn the plastic ties securing the closed shipping container.
As he opened the door, peas flooded out onto the ground, trapping his associate up to his chest.
Police, fire and ambulance staff had to use a forklift truck to rescue the boy, who had minor injuries.
Hylands appeared yesterday before Judge John Bisphan and admitted a charge of recklessly damaging the peas belonging to South Island Seeds.
He was sentenced to 200 hours community work and ordered to pay reparation of $200, half the value of the damaged peas.
Police prosecutor Graham Hall said Hylands, a 14-year-old youth and a 16-year-old associate were in the Ashburton industrial area on the morning of April 10.
Hylands told police he was bored and had nothing to do.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3275682a4560,00.html
10 May 2005 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/images/null.gif
A bored teenager was trapped in an avalanche of peas when he and two friends forced the door of a shipping container at an Ashburton seed company yard.
Ashburton District Court was told yesterday that Benjamin Jordan Hylands, 17, used a cigarette lighter to burn the plastic ties securing the closed shipping container.
As he opened the door, peas flooded out onto the ground, trapping his associate up to his chest.
Police, fire and ambulance staff had to use a forklift truck to rescue the boy, who had minor injuries.
Hylands appeared yesterday before Judge John Bisphan and admitted a charge of recklessly damaging the peas belonging to South Island Seeds.
He was sentenced to 200 hours community work and ordered to pay reparation of $200, half the value of the damaged peas.
Police prosecutor Graham Hall said Hylands, a 14-year-old youth and a 16-year-old associate were in the Ashburton industrial area on the morning of April 10.
Hylands told police he was bored and had nothing to do.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3275682a4560,00.html