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Offender Databases Alan Shepherd

Alan Leslie Shepherd

Alias

Robert Shaun Derwin
Jonathan David Colett
Bernard John Taffs
Rowan James Flynn

Offences

Assault with a weapon, threatening grevious bodily harm, drunk driving, criminal harassment, driving while forbidden, giving false information to police

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1954

Current Location

At large

Parole/Release Dates

Awaiting info on sentence

Background
The Nelson Mail, October 9, 2001
A Nelson man who was caught drinking and driving twice in an hour has been convicted in the Nelson District Court. Alan Leslie Shepherd, 47, yesterday admitted two charges of driving with excess breath alcohol, driving while forbidden and giving false information to police. He denied one charge of unlawfully taking a motor vehicle between January 1 and October 7. Police prosecutor senior sergeant Rex Morris said Shepherd was stopped by police while driving on Bridge St at 12.25am on Sunday morning.

He gave a false name and a breath test showed he was over the legal limit for driving, recording a level of 783mics of alcohol a litre of breath -- the limit is 400mics. He told police he had just been moving his car, but would not say why he gave false details. Police then forbade him from driving. Around an hour later at 1.25am he was stopped again, this time driving in Rutherford St, Mr Morris said. He again gave false details and was breath tested, this time giving a reading of 687mics.

Defense counsel Mark Dollimore said Shepherd had an alcohol problem and asked the court to take a "totality'' approach to the charges. He said Shepherd's car had been full of work items and tools and he had been very worried about them in the vehicle in Nelson's main street in the early hours of the morning. He had wanted to park the car outside the courthouse a short distance away where he thought it would be safer. "Ironically he was bringing himself closer to the police station,'' Mr Dollimore said. Judge David Curruthers convicted Shepherd and remanded him on bail to November 12 for a presentence report and alcohol and drug assessment.

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