Appearing in Hamilton District Court, Quigley told NZME to “f*** off” and hid her face in her sleeve to avoid being photographed in the dock.

It had been since June, when she pleaded guilty to the charges and violated her electronically monitored bail.

Judge Crayton told Quigley, who reappeared via audio-visual link from Auckland Women’s Prison, on Thursday that when she last appeared she appeared to be under the influence of meth.

He didn’t want to condemn her in this state, so he remanded her until today when he remarked that she “looks much better today than last time”.

She was then sentenced to two years and 11 months for six charges, including theft and offering to supply meth.

Wilson will be sentenced later this month.

Offensive

The Hamilton Smallbore Rifle Club has a target shooting range and a gun safe that contained 14 .22 caliber rifles, cash and tools, while a smaller safe had firearm bolts and 5000 rounds of .22 ammunition .

Between October 21 and November 11 last year, Quigley and Wilson traveled there several times in his car, while van der Heyden went in his own car and was stationed outside as “lookout”.

Over the course of several days, Quigley and Wilson went to the club, forcing the outer door inward, along with another door, before finally reaching the vaults.

Once Quigley was inside, the firearms were knocked out and the smaller safe was removed.

The contents of both safes, approximately $10,000, were placed in Wilson’s car and the firearms were taken to a rural property and tested, while the pair also attempted to sell the firearms “in the community” in return meth women.

The pair traveled to the Riverglade Archery Club between October 8 and 27 and broke into a container by cutting the lock and on another occasion cutting through the entire reinforced locking mechanism.

Stolen were 12 bows, 72 arrows, eight scopes, two metal detectors and a cash box, valued at approximately $8,000.

They tried again to trade the equipment for meth.

Quigley also admitted three counts of receiving dehumidifiers between July and August last year and supplying 5 grams of meth between October and November.

“Accept he’s going to jail”

Defense attorney Kerry Tustin said her client knew he would receive a prison sentence and accepted he would receive no credit for his time on bail.

Tustin said she had “always been impressed with Miss Quigley as an individual” and thought of her as intelligent and someone with the ability to go far, but she did not lack the right support.

Judge Crayton agreed Quigley was “brilliant” and said she had a good reason to stay clean once she was released, and that was for her children.

“But at the end of the day, with anyone with an addiction, it’s going to be about coping.”

As for determining who was “to blame” for the burglary between her and Wilson, Judge Crayton said he had already decided to sentence each of them individually.

“This was a relationship of mutual destruction. This was a completely dysfunctional relationship. There is never a happy ending for these relationships.”

He told Quigley her offending was “serious” but admitted it was driven by her addiction to meth, which she had taken because of the trauma she suffered growing up.

However, he urged her to deal with this trauma as she would likely relapse once she got out of prison and reminded her that it would be something she would have to deal with for the rest of her life.

“Miss Quigley, you have great potential… I hope you can take the opportunity and fulfill that potential. Luck.”

Meanwhile, van der Heyden was sentenced to seven months of house arrest and ordered to pay $1,200 in restitution.

Judge Crayton said that although he played a smaller role, it was an integral one.

“You didn’t distance yourself.”

He had also previously suffered a traumatic head injury, which went some way to explaining why he allowed himself to be led around by others.

“It is clear that you can properly be described as someone who is vulnerable because of those factors,” adding that she hoped not to see him in court again.

Belinda Feek is an Open Justice reporter based in the Waikato. She has worked at NZME for nine years and has been a journalist for 20.