He was convicted of assaulting a female, breaching a protection order, illegally possessing a firearm, cultivating cannabis, possessing cannabis utensils and possessing the drug. A man who poured a kettle of boiled water over his partner after she grabbed him by the testicles has escaped jail time. She grabbed him by the testicles to stop him from hurting her, but he grabbed a kettle of hot water and poured it over her. On December 22, Lawrie got into an argument with his partner at home. They also found 17 cannabis plants in a grow room, three cannabis seedlings under lights and 22g of dried cannabis leaf.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 14, 2016 04:41 UTC