A pair of “boozed up” young students who went joyriding in a ute after breaking into the new Dunedin Hospital site have been blasted by police.<\/p>\n
The two 19-year-olds, both students at a Dunedin tertiary institution, stumbled into the hospital construction site on Cumberland St at 2.46am this morning, Senior Sergeant Craig Dinnissen said.<\/p>\n
The pair stole a ute and tried to drive off but \u2018\u2018missed the open gate\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n
They were soon halted by workers on the site who \u2018\u2018stopped them in the throes of driving around the yard\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n
When police arrived, the pair were arrested and charged with unlawfully being in an enclosed yard.<\/p>\n
Further charges were pending, he said.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018Just boozed up young males . . . doing something absolutely stupid.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018It could have resulted in injuries, or anything that you can think of really, especially in a construction yard.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
He did not know their exact level of intoxication, but it was \u2018\u2018obviously\u2019\u2019 high enough to convince themselves would be a \u2018\u2018great idea\u2019\u2019 to go steal a ute from a construction site.<\/p>\n
The pair would appear in Dunedin District Court on March 5.<\/p>\n