Bottle shop thief claimed killings

“I can’t be f****d with the system but am pleading guilty anyway,” he said.

to remove his face covering and to supply identification.

A man asked for identification in a bottle store threatened the assistant, telling him he had “killed people before.”

Tachyon Hutt appeared in Blenheim District Court on Monday before Judge Jo Rielly, laughing out loud and smirking as he listened to the charges against him. He went on to tell Judge Reilly that he was only pleading guilty to shop lifting and threatening behaviour as he had no trust in the justice system.

Smiling throughout his appearance, Hutt was supported by four friends who sat in the public gallery.

But following laughter and loud comments, Judge Reilly asked those who couldn’t conduct themselves properly to leave. One man left, telling the judge the incident had been funny. Reading from a police summary of the facts, Judge Reilly told the court Hutt had been at the Bottle-O Redwood store on July 11 this year when he had been asked

“You had stolen some alcohol and then returned and when asked for ID you responded by telling him you had killed people before and threatened to put him in the boot.

“For members of the community, they shouldn’t have to put up with threatening behaviour like this,” Judge Reilly said.

“It’s out of order and not acceptable.”

Hutt was given 60 hours of community service for the threatening charges and 40 hours for stealing $19.99 of alcohol.