A woman found with an ''extraordinary array of serious weapons'' has been sentenced to community work. ''The number and nature of the weapons was just extraordinary,'' Judge Emma Smith told the Dunedin District Court yesterday. She had no convictions before pleading guilty to the representative charge of possessing an offensive weapon, Judge Smith noted. ''You pose a sentencing difficulty because of how serious the offence is, [measured] against an otherwise young woman of very good character,'' she said. All the weapons - including one knife she claimed had sentimental value - would be destroyed.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 14, 2019 15:32 UTC