Cancer-stricken rugby star Kurtis Haiu has escaped punishment for assault and has been discharged without conviction.
Haiu was sentenced this morning at Pukekohe District Court after last month pleading guilty to assaulting property developer Glen Cooper when deals between the pair soured.
Haiu was sentenced this morning at Pukekohe District Court after last month pleading guilty to assaulting property developer Glen Cooper when deals between the pair soured.
In the first of the transactions, Haiu bought 11 Billah St in Tokoroa on December 22, 2009, for $350,000. Three weeks earlier, the same property had sold for just $92,500. That earlier transaction was not shown in a valuation prepared by now bankrupt valuer Michelle Tierney for Greenfield Developments Limited, a Cooper company now in liquidation. Another deal saw Haiu buy 64 Tonga St in Taupo for $395,000 on January 21, 2010. Less than a week earlier, the property had sold for $218,000. The previous owners of the property included Greenfields Developments.
Ouch.
Kurtis obvisiously had not done his due diligence.
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