The man who pushed a High Court judge over in a fit of road rage incident, has been sentenced to community work. James Lawrence Beaumont Gilliland was charged with injuring Justice Mary Peters "with reckless disregard for the safety of others" following an altercation in Auckland's Ponsonby in May.
It resulted in Justice Peters breaking her wrist in four places.
She sits in the High Court at Auckland.
Gilliland, a 29-year-old computer programmer, initially pleaded not guilty to the charge.
He then admitted the crime and sought a discharge without conviction.
That application was rejected and he appeared in the Auckland District Court for sentencing this morning.
Also today, a guilty plea by the man who broke Wellington's $300,000 Water Whirler sculpture, another mass pilot whale stranding on NZ shores, and the medicinal cannabis company calling for pot growers to bring in their unique strains.