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The "long object in the front of a man's pants" was a baseball bat that he planned to use to "fight people," the Launceston Magistrates Court has heard. Nathan Patrick Mayne was sentenced to two months in prison by Magistrate Sharon Cure for a torrent of robbery offenses, as well as the charge of possessing a dangerous item in public, which turned out to be a baseball bat. READ MORE: Remembering the six children killed in the Hillcrest tragedy, Mayne pleaded guilty to all of the crimes, which occurred between September 21 and November 22 of this year. Mayne was not represented in court and Ms. Cure detailed his crimes to him. Several of the robbery offenses stemmed from separate robberies of the Ravenswood IGA, where Mayne stole meatloaf, a chicken kebab, candy, drinks, and magazines. Ms Cure said Mayne was cheeky during his robberies and made no attempt to avoid detection. Their immodest theft continued despite the Ravenswood IGA banning it from their store, which they did on November 21 after three separate store robberies. But the notice of violation was in vain. "[Mayne] he came back the next day and carried out a robbery, "said Police Attorney Mike Bonde." He was later located under the influence of drugs, alcohol, or both. "On one occasion, a merchant confronted him, but he ignored them and continued walking from the store with the stolen items. Mayne was also arrested wearing a" long article "on his pants on Warring Street in Ravenswood, which, upon police inspection, was revealed to be a bat. Mr. Bonde told the court that Mayne had been" talking about fighting people with the bat. " Things got worse for Mayne when Mr. Bonde introduced previous sentences he had received. READ MORE: Three new COVID cases in Tasmania, 10 since the border reopened Showed that Mayne had previously offended in a similar way, and that he had a two-month suspended sentence over her head for those issues. Ms. Cure reviewed the issues and her new offense, and found that the suspended sentence would cause it to be activated. She asked Mayne if he understood that the sentence would be imposed on him and he said, "that's what you're telling me." But Ms Cure pointed out that Mayne had not been captured for a period between May and September, and asked Mayne how he had managed to stay straight and tight during that time. "[I was] it just goes well for me and it goes well. [I was] stay out of trouble, "he said. Ms. Cure imposed a two-month sentence for her latest crimes at the same time as her suspended sentence." It would be too overwhelming to do it for four months, "he said. Mayne told the court: When he was finally released from prison, he hoped" to go ahead with [his] life "and it wouldn't do" much. "Our journalists work hard to provide up-to-date local news to the community. Here's how you can continue to access our trusted content:
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The "long object in the front of a man's pants" was a baseball bat that he planned to use to "fight people", the Launceston Magistrates Court you've heard.
Nathan Patrick Mayne was sentenced to two months in prison by Magistrate Sharon Cure for a torrent of robbery offenses, as well as the charge of possessing a dangerous item in public, which turned out to be a baseball bat.
Mayne pleaded guilty to all of the crimes, which occurred between September 21 and November 22 of this year.
Mayne was not represented in court and Ms. Cure detailed his crimes to him.
Several of the robbery offenses stemmed from separate robberies of the Ravenswood IGA, where Mayne stole meatloaf, a chicken kebab, candy, drinks, and magazines.
Ms Cure said Mayne was cheeky during his robberies and made no attempt to avoid detection.
Their immodest theft continued despite the Ravenswood IGA banning it from their store, which they did on November 21 after three separate store robberies.
But the notice of violation was in vain.
"[Mayne] he came back the next day and carried out a robbery, "said Police Attorney Mike Bonde.
"He was later located under the influence of drugs, alcohol, or both."
Mr. Bonde told the court that Mayne was constantly caught on CCTV, and on at least one occasion a merchant confronted him, but he ignored them and continued walking from the store with the stolen items.
Mayne was also arrested wearing a "long article" on his pants on Warring Street in Ravenswood, which, upon police inspection, was revealed to be a bat.
Bonde told the court that Mayne had been "talking about fighting people with the bat."
Things got worse for Mayne when Mr. Bonde presented previous judgments that he had received.
They showed that Mayne had previously offended in a similar way and that he had a two-month suspended sentence on his head for those matters.
Ms. Cure reviewed the issues and her new offense, and found that the suspended sentence would be triggered.
She asked Mayne if he understood that a sentence would be imposed and he said, "That's what you're telling me."
But Ms Cure pointed out that Mayne had not been captured for a period between May and September, and asked Mayne how he had managed to stay straight and tight during that time.
"[I was] it just goes well for me and it goes well. [I was] stay out of trouble, "he said.
Ms. Cure imposed a two-month sentence for her latest offenses at the same time as her suspended sentence.
"It would be too overwhelming to do it for four months," he said.
Mayne told the court that when he was finally released from prison, he hoped "to move on [his] life "and would be doing" not much. "
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