Anthony Baker was sentenced to community detention after shooting at eight vehicles racing on the street outside his Waikato property last year. Photo / Christine CornegeAnthony Baker was sentenced to community detention after shooting at eight vehicles racing on the street outside his Waikato property last year. Photo / Christine CornegeA frustrated Waikato man who repeatedly fired shots at cars on his street after being pushed to his limits by boy racers relentlessly terrorising his neighbourhood has avoided jail. In the first offence on June 9 2020 Baker shot at a car that was spinning its tyre and the bullet hit the front passenger door. Judge Down said Baker's early guilty plea, willingness to attend restorative justice and obvious remorse meant community detention could be considered over prison.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 07, 2021 03:06 UTC