Rena: Balomaga and Relon each get seven months

Navigation Officer Leonil Relon, 37:

Captain Mauro Arieves Balomaga, 44

Rena captain and navigation officer's sentencing:


Captain Mauro Arieves Balomaga, 44:


For:


* operating a ship in a manner which caused unnecessary danger or risk (section 65(1)(a) Maritime Transport Act 1994 -


Seven months prison to be served concurrently


For:


* perverting the course of justice - (section 117(e) Crimes Act 1961)


(four charges)


.SEVEN MONTHS PRISON to be served concurrently


For:


* being the master of a ship from which harmful substances and/or contaminants were discharged into the coastal marine area (sections 338(1B) and 15(B) Resource Management Act 1994 -


NO SENTENCE


Navigation Officer Leonil Relon, 37:


For:


operating a ship in a manner which caused unnecessary danger or risk (section 65(1)(a) Maritime Transport Act 1994 -


.SEVEN MONTHS PRISON to be served concurrently


For:


perverting the course of justice - (section 117(e) Crimes Act 1961)






(three charges)


.SEVEN MONTHS PRISON to be served concurrently


For:


being a person responsible for the navigation of a ship from which harmful substances and/or contaminants were discharged into the coastal marine area (sections 338(1B) and 15(B) Resource Management Act 1994 -


NO SENTENCE


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