Dunedin man back behind bars hours after release from prison

The Dunedin District Court. Photo / ODTJust hours after being released following a lengthy prison term, a North Taieri man was back behind bars after going “berserk”, a court has heard. Simon Richard Hughes, 35, appeared in the Dunedin District Court last week where he was jailed for three months after pleading guilty to two wilful damage charges. The court was told Hughes got out of jail on November 15 but by 12.30am the following morning, police were called to his residence. Hughes had damaged a television, a fridge, a microwave, a barbecue, pot plants, furniture, walls and windows, the court heard.