More capacity for remand in custody needed

This judge is wasting his time;

Meanwhile, an unemployed Nelson man charged over the assault of two 19-year-olds at Pioneers Park has been granted bail.

Grant Earl Tihi, 39, was remanded without plea on two charges of wounding with intent to cause grevious bodily harm when he appeared in the Nelson District Court on Friday.

Judge Thomas Ingram remanded Tihi on bail to February 19.

He ordered Tihi not to associate with the complainants, to live at his home address, not to consume alcohol, and to observe a curfew.

Tihi was also ordered not to enter Pioneers Park.

Now go and look at the photograph.