A Tauranga man who tried to run over his son has been given home detention in the house-bus he now shares with his son's former girlfriend.新西兰|纽西兰|奥克兰|惠灵顿|基督城8 y- Y$ T5 X2 G. [, f
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" b2 [( ~0 j6 T新西兰中文网论坛Beneficiary James Bowring, 45, tried to mow down Jacob, 18, in November after his son called him a paedophile.
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Bowring was driving in his car with his new girlfriend - 18-year-old Krystal Clark, who used to be Jacob's girlfriend but is now expecting Bowring's child - and a 14-year-old female friend.
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9 w7 \4 h6 X4 c+ q. Q新西兰中文网，新西兰华人社区，提供新西兰每日新闻，酸甜苦辣，四海同心，房屋出租，招聘广场，交友征婚，留学移民 ，娱乐八卦Tauranga District Court was told that they saw Jacob standing on the opposite kerb. As father and son saw each other across the road, the son yelled out to his father that he was a paedophile and should be in a mental home.
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Bowring did a U-turn and drove back at 50kmh, trying to run him over. Jacob had to hide behind a lamp-post to avoid being hit.
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Bowring was convicted and sentenced yesterday on three charges of recklessly operating a motor vehicle, driving while disqualified and assault with a blunt instrument.新西兰中文网论坛. K: c8 \/ t5 S( l
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He was sentenced to five months' home detention in his house-bus parked on land in Te Puna. He was found guilty in a defended hearing in Tauranga last month.
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Miss Clark was in court yesterday with a female friend to support Bowring. Jacob was also in the public gallery, sitting behind them. Bowring's lawyer, David Bates, said his client had lived a life of misery, which had led him to commit the offences.新西兰中文网，新西兰华人社区，纽西兰，奥克兰，基督城，惠灵顿& n5 J+ {4 q( A
- t' c# n, t; k4 Twww.chinese.net.nzIn sentencing, Judge Peter Rollo agreed Bowring's life had not been easy, not helped by his suffering from a personality disorder, anxiety and depression.www.chinese.net.nz( A1 J* e v1 ]1 X. c+ G
! h% ^9 p- d; n; Hwww.chinese.net.nzBut he said Bowring's actions amounted to extremely dangerous driving from which his son could have been severely injured or even killed.
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Bowring had four disqualified- driving convictions, he said.
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& J5 P. [: P8 P& ?+ \2 B新西兰中文网，新西兰华人社区，提供新西兰每日新闻，酸甜苦辣，四海同心，房屋出租，招聘广场，交友征婚，留学移民 ，娱乐八卦He sentenced Bowring to five months' home detention, drug and alcohol counselling and 12 months' loss of licence.
