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A Christchurch bus driver who told
police he had been attacked by a woman at a bus stop has been sentenced to
200 hours of community service for wasting police time. However, in the Christchurch
District Court on Friday, Judge Oke Blaikie denied the police request for
$9,000 reparation to pay for the wasted hours spent investigating the case. Michael Ohiomhair initially said
he was attacked, but later admitted he had heard some bad news and the shock
had prompted him to lie. He made the false complaint to
police in May, just weeks after another bus driver had been attacked by a
group of young girls in the city. His injuries were, in fact,
sustained by falling down the steps of his bus. |
