Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whiua e tētahi kaiwhakawa o Old Bailey tōna hoa rangatahi mō te "tūnga atu o tōna kanohi i te pōro" me te tuku i tētahi whiu 'kore ture' i a ia e tuku ana i tētahi kaiwhakahaere BT ki te karo i te whare herehere mō tētahi tinihanga utu £28,000. I whakaaetia a Christopher Starrs, 50 tau, e noho ana i runga i te tūru wira, kia haere noa atu i te marae me te whiu herehere anake i te marama o Hanuere i muri i tana whakaaetanga i tana wahi i roto i te rua me te hawhe tau o tana mahi ki tana kaituku mahi a BT. I hangaia e Starrs, me te kaiwhakahaere o te BT Openreach, a Phillip Tamplin, nga waka e mau ana, nga haora taapiri me te kino ki nga taonga o nga rangatira o te whare i te wa e whakauruhia ana te whatunga whanui, me te utu i nga kaitoi hei awhina i a raatau ki te kii i nga kereme teka. I whiua: I whiua e te Kai-whakawa Nicholas Cooke QC (māui) tana hoa rangatahi a Stuart Trimmer QC (matau) mō te'tango i tōna kanohi i te pōro'i a ia e whiua ana a Christopher Starrs i te marama o Hanuere o tēnei tau. Ko Starrs rāua ko Tamplin, 53, nāna i whiwhi £124,000 mai i te tinihanga, i whakaae ki te tuku i te raupapa o ngā whakapaunga rūpahu. I herea a Tamplin mō te rua tau i te rerenga whiu o Hānuere, engari i whakaorangia a Mr Recorder Stuart Trimmer QC i te whare herehere o Starrs hei "mahi aroha" - ahakoa i whakahau ia ia ki te whakahoki i te moni i tangohia e ia me te utu i te £ 1,500. Heoi anō, kua kī te Kaiwhakawā matua, a Nicholas Cooke QC, he "kore ture" te whakataunga - ā, i tāpiri atu me tono a Starrs ki te whare herehere mō ana mahi kino. "He whakataunga ture kore i tukuna, a inaianei me mahi au i tetahi mea hei whakatika, na te mea he ngoikore i runga i nga taha e uru ana ki te take", i kii ia. <unk> I atawhai ia, i te mea pouri na te kaiwhakawa kaore i whai kanohi ki te poi.<unk> I kī te kaiwhakawa ki a Mark Haslam, e tiaki ana: <unk>He hē te whiu engari he take whakaaro whaiaro tena. He waimarie tō kiritaki i te kore e haere tika ki te whare herehere. <unk>Ko te mea i mahia e te Kaiwhakarite ko te whakatakoto i te kohinga o nga whiringa whiu e kore e wātea ki a ia. <unk>Kāore he tangata i kite i te ture o te whiu i whakawhiwhia ki a Mr Starrs. <unk>Kei te pouri ahau ki te noho hei tumuaki engari kaore matou e hiahia ki tenei momo mea.<unk> Te tinihanga: Ko Starrs, 50 tau, he kaiwhakahaere i te BT i whakaae ki te tinihanga...
I whakaorangia a Christopher Starrs i te whare herehere i roto i tētahi'mahi aroha' e te kaiwhakawa i te marama o Hānuere. Engari i kii te kaiwhakawa matua inaianei ko tana hoa mahi i 'tangohia e ia tana kanohi mai i te poi' I kii a Nicholas Cooke QC me mau ki te whare herehere a Starrs e noho ana i runga i te nohoanga wira. Engari ka whakawhetai atu a Starrs ki tana whetu waimarie i te mea ka whakaaetia te whiu ki te tu.