A Dunedin man who threatened police with finger guns and had to be pepper-sprayed into submission has been jailed for a year. Lionel James Apanui Tuwairua (39) had 17 pages of convictions, which Judge Peter Rollo said showed a clear pattern of standover-style behaviour. He advanced on officers with clenched fists while threatening to burn down the building with its residents inside. Judge Rollo said the prolonged incident was at the serious end of the scale for such crimes. The defendant was convicted of threatening to kill, intentional damage and aggravated driving while suspended.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 18, 2021 02:48 UTC