punished for "endangering transport"

[waren9]

a judge in nz has last month, sentenced a d1ckhead who shone a pointy green thing at a landing airnz 737 to 4 months detention, with a curfew and 150 hrs community service.

threatened with 18 months jail if he's naughty again.

article here (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11346505)

good stuff.

[Captain Sand Dune]

Four months 'community sentence' doesn't sound too tough to me. From the article it appears to be home detention. Any Kiwis care to clarify this?
Looks more like the p*ss weak type of sentence we would expect to see in Australia. Personally I'd prefer to see idiots like this receive a custodial sentence for what is endangering life on a potentially large scale (ie aircraft crashes in a residential area, killing all on board and some on the ground)

[j3pipercub]

Thats what it will take I think Sand Dune

[NoseGear]

Sadly, I agree Sand Dune, it's hard enough to catch these massive F$#@wits so when they are, they should be punished and severely so. I've been lasered in Singapore quite badly on a 3 mile final, Beijing multiple times on one approach, but of course it was actually clear, the pollution takes care of it quite well:E and into Karachi, so it's a widespread problem and it quite a serious one at that.

Nosey

[tail wheel]

New Zealand Community Detention is defined here: Corrections Department NZ - Community detention (http://www.corrections.govt.nz/working_with_offenders/community_sentences/sentences_and_orders/community_detention.html)

It is a good start. Certainly a greater deterrent than handed out by Australian Courts.

[captjns]

These village idiots need to be paraded in the town square before being put on public display at the airport where the laser attack occurred.

[parabellum]

They caught some idiot in England recently, decided to point his green laser at a police helicopter! The equipment on board pinpointed not just the house but the individual having a beer in his back garden! A few minutes later the car patrol was knocking on his door and arresting him!


Possibly a couple of years ago now but two idiots in the UK got six months each custodial for pointing a laser at an aircraft. Think it was PPRuNe's own lawyer/judge who sent them down too!

[Ando1Bar]

We had our chance a few years back when I was hit one evening. The culprit was caught, but very little ended up happening...page 2 shows the outcome.

http://www.pprune.org/pacific-general-aviation-questions/386811-another-l-zer-w-nker-busted.html