Another former funeral director charged with the mishandling of burials at an Auckland cemetary has pleaded not guilty in Auckland District Court .<\/p>\n
The 53-year-old was granted interim name suppression in court on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Court documents reveal the man is charged with obtaining about $18,000 by deception in alleged offences going back to 2015.<\/p>\n
Last month, Fiona Bakulich, a former employee of Tipene Funerals, pleaded guilty to interfering with human remains and 12 counts of obtaining by deception. She will be sentenced next month.<\/p>\n
The man appeared before Judge Belinda Pidwell.<\/p>\n
His lawyer, Panama Le’au’anae, entered the not guilty plea on his behalf.<\/p>\n
He elected to have a trial by jury and was expected to reappear in June. The man was granted bail.<\/p>\n
Court documents outlined two occasions of alleged offending.<\/p>\n
In November 2015, the documents claimed the man obtained about $9000 by offering services as a funeral director, the duties of which he did not fulfil.<\/p>\n
In January 2022, the documents said, the man obtained $9,370.36 for duties he did not fully fulfil.<\/p>\n
About the same time, the man was charged with neglecting to seal and metal line a casket for burial.<\/p>\n
The maximum sentence for obtaining more than $1000 by deception is seven years imprisonment, while the burial related charge carries a maximum two year prison sentence.<\/p>\n
Source: RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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