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Plainfield Mayor Adrian Mapp secures narrow primary victory
PLAINFIELD – Mayor Adrian Mapp appears to have scored a narrow victory over Councilman Richard Wyatt in June 10's Democratic primary. With all districts reporting, Mapp, who is seeking his fourth term as mayor, had 3,547 unofficial votes and Wyatt had 3,226, according to the Union County Clerk's website. Wyatt, who is serving his first term on the City Council, unsuccessfully challenged Mapp for mayor four years ago. With no Republican or independent candidates running in the November general election, Mapp is expected to be reelected this fall. The voter support for Mapp, however, does not appear to have carried over to his running mate Bridget Rivers, a former City Council member, who was seeking the 4th Ward Council seat. Preliminary results show Democratic Councilwoman Terri Briggs-Jones leading Rivers by an unofficial tally of 658 to 367 with all districts reporting. More: With victory, Mikie Sherrill finally comes out swinging — at Jack Ciattarelli | Opinion No Republican or independent candidates have filed to challenge Briggs-Jones. Email: srussell@ Suzanne Russell is a breaking news reporter for covering crime, courts and other mayhem. To get unlimited access, please subscribe or activate your digital account today. This article originally appeared on Plainfield Mayor Adrian Mapp secures narrow primary victory
The Advertiser
29-05-2025
- The Advertiser
'Hope he suffers': family of pot plant killer speak out
The niece of an elderly woman murdered by her son with a pot plant hopes the jailed killer suffers for the rest of his life. David Andrew Mapp lobbed a pot plant at Colleen Wilson, 82, during an argument at her home in Tumbi Umbi on the NSW Central Coast in July 2022. The 59-year-old was experiencing heroin withdrawals when he made the rash decision to pick up the 15kg pot filled with soil and a partial brick. After Ms Wilson's death on July 28, he pawned her television and whipper snipper for $200, funds he used to buy heroin. He left his mother lying dead on the floor for about eight hours before he called triple zero. Mapp was jailed on Thursday until at least 2037 after a jury earlier found him guilty of his mother's murder. "Mum and I are very disappointed in the sentencing," Ms Wilson's niece Jenny Toohey told AAP. "It will never bring her back and we hope he suffers for the rest of his life for what he did." NSW Supreme Court Justice Ian Harrison described Mapp's difficult relationship with his mother resulting from his 45-year drug addiction. But he was not satisfied Mapp intended to kill his mother. "It was not premeditated or planned, being a spontaneous response from loss of control," he said on Thursday. "The offence arose in the emotionally fraught and troubled environment of a home where he was tolerated, but not particularly welcome." The judge also accepted Mapp's childhood was marked by domestic violence at the hands of his alcoholic father and emotional deprivation. During his trial, the jury heard Mapp told police he tried to revive his mother for about eight hours before calling triple zero. He told the operator "good morning, I'd like to report a death". When emergency services arrived, Ms Wilson was lying on the floor underneath a red blanket with blood and soil surrounding her. Mapp told police his mother had been chasing him around the house with kitchen knives during an argument and he threw the pot plant in self-defence. Ms Toohey's mother, Janice Fowler, became concerned when Ms Wilson did not return her calls on July 28. Mapp answered one of her calls in the afternoon and said his mother was "down at the shops". Ms Fowler did not know her sister was already dead. A jury found Mapp guilty of murder in October 2024, after prosecutors rejected his offer to plead guilty to manslaughter. Mapp's barrister Sarah Talbert previously argued the offence was spontaneous and impulsive, as evident in his choice of weapon. But crown prosecutor Carl Young argued Mapp was fuelled by the desire to feed his heroin addiction and intended to kill his mother. "There were ways to disable his mother that did not include a 15kg pot plant to the head," Mr Young had told the court. Justice Harrison accepted on Thursday Mapp's motivation for throwing the plant was, to some extent, driven by his intent to obtain money. But he accepted Mapp's withdrawals were exacerbated in a unique combination of his mental health issues and COVID-19 symptoms. Justice Harrison jailed Mapp for 21 years with a non-parole period of 15 years, backdated to his arrest in July 2022. 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) Lifeline 13 11 14 Men's Referral Service 1300 766 491 The niece of an elderly woman murdered by her son with a pot plant hopes the jailed killer suffers for the rest of his life. David Andrew Mapp lobbed a pot plant at Colleen Wilson, 82, during an argument at her home in Tumbi Umbi on the NSW Central Coast in July 2022. The 59-year-old was experiencing heroin withdrawals when he made the rash decision to pick up the 15kg pot filled with soil and a partial brick. After Ms Wilson's death on July 28, he pawned her television and whipper snipper for $200, funds he used to buy heroin. He left his mother lying dead on the floor for about eight hours before he called triple zero. Mapp was jailed on Thursday until at least 2037 after a jury earlier found him guilty of his mother's murder. "Mum and I are very disappointed in the sentencing," Ms Wilson's niece Jenny Toohey told AAP. "It will never bring her back and we hope he suffers for the rest of his life for what he did." NSW Supreme Court Justice Ian Harrison described Mapp's difficult relationship with his mother resulting from his 45-year drug addiction. But he was not satisfied Mapp intended to kill his mother. "It was not premeditated or planned, being a spontaneous response from loss of control," he said on Thursday. "The offence arose in the emotionally fraught and troubled environment of a home where he was tolerated, but not particularly welcome." The judge also accepted Mapp's childhood was marked by domestic violence at the hands of his alcoholic father and emotional deprivation. During his trial, the jury heard Mapp told police he tried to revive his mother for about eight hours before calling triple zero. He told the operator "good morning, I'd like to report a death". When emergency services arrived, Ms Wilson was lying on the floor underneath a red blanket with blood and soil surrounding her. Mapp told police his mother had been chasing him around the house with kitchen knives during an argument and he threw the pot plant in self-defence. Ms Toohey's mother, Janice Fowler, became concerned when Ms Wilson did not return her calls on July 28. Mapp answered one of her calls in the afternoon and said his mother was "down at the shops". Ms Fowler did not know her sister was already dead. A jury found Mapp guilty of murder in October 2024, after prosecutors rejected his offer to plead guilty to manslaughter. Mapp's barrister Sarah Talbert previously argued the offence was spontaneous and impulsive, as evident in his choice of weapon. But crown prosecutor Carl Young argued Mapp was fuelled by the desire to feed his heroin addiction and intended to kill his mother. "There were ways to disable his mother that did not include a 15kg pot plant to the head," Mr Young had told the court. Justice Harrison accepted on Thursday Mapp's motivation for throwing the plant was, to some extent, driven by his intent to obtain money. But he accepted Mapp's withdrawals were exacerbated in a unique combination of his mental health issues and COVID-19 symptoms. Justice Harrison jailed Mapp for 21 years with a non-parole period of 15 years, backdated to his arrest in July 2022. 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) Lifeline 13 11 14 Men's Referral Service 1300 766 491 The niece of an elderly woman murdered by her son with a pot plant hopes the jailed killer suffers for the rest of his life. David Andrew Mapp lobbed a pot plant at Colleen Wilson, 82, during an argument at her home in Tumbi Umbi on the NSW Central Coast in July 2022. The 59-year-old was experiencing heroin withdrawals when he made the rash decision to pick up the 15kg pot filled with soil and a partial brick. After Ms Wilson's death on July 28, he pawned her television and whipper snipper for $200, funds he used to buy heroin. He left his mother lying dead on the floor for about eight hours before he called triple zero. Mapp was jailed on Thursday until at least 2037 after a jury earlier found him guilty of his mother's murder. "Mum and I are very disappointed in the sentencing," Ms Wilson's niece Jenny Toohey told AAP. "It will never bring her back and we hope he suffers for the rest of his life for what he did." NSW Supreme Court Justice Ian Harrison described Mapp's difficult relationship with his mother resulting from his 45-year drug addiction. But he was not satisfied Mapp intended to kill his mother. "It was not premeditated or planned, being a spontaneous response from loss of control," he said on Thursday. "The offence arose in the emotionally fraught and troubled environment of a home where he was tolerated, but not particularly welcome." The judge also accepted Mapp's childhood was marked by domestic violence at the hands of his alcoholic father and emotional deprivation. During his trial, the jury heard Mapp told police he tried to revive his mother for about eight hours before calling triple zero. He told the operator "good morning, I'd like to report a death". When emergency services arrived, Ms Wilson was lying on the floor underneath a red blanket with blood and soil surrounding her. Mapp told police his mother had been chasing him around the house with kitchen knives during an argument and he threw the pot plant in self-defence. Ms Toohey's mother, Janice Fowler, became concerned when Ms Wilson did not return her calls on July 28. Mapp answered one of her calls in the afternoon and said his mother was "down at the shops". Ms Fowler did not know her sister was already dead. A jury found Mapp guilty of murder in October 2024, after prosecutors rejected his offer to plead guilty to manslaughter. Mapp's barrister Sarah Talbert previously argued the offence was spontaneous and impulsive, as evident in his choice of weapon. But crown prosecutor Carl Young argued Mapp was fuelled by the desire to feed his heroin addiction and intended to kill his mother. "There were ways to disable his mother that did not include a 15kg pot plant to the head," Mr Young had told the court. Justice Harrison accepted on Thursday Mapp's motivation for throwing the plant was, to some extent, driven by his intent to obtain money. But he accepted Mapp's withdrawals were exacerbated in a unique combination of his mental health issues and COVID-19 symptoms. Justice Harrison jailed Mapp for 21 years with a non-parole period of 15 years, backdated to his arrest in July 2022. 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) Lifeline 13 11 14 Men's Referral Service 1300 766 491 The niece of an elderly woman murdered by her son with a pot plant hopes the jailed killer suffers for the rest of his life. David Andrew Mapp lobbed a pot plant at Colleen Wilson, 82, during an argument at her home in Tumbi Umbi on the NSW Central Coast in July 2022. The 59-year-old was experiencing heroin withdrawals when he made the rash decision to pick up the 15kg pot filled with soil and a partial brick. After Ms Wilson's death on July 28, he pawned her television and whipper snipper for $200, funds he used to buy heroin. He left his mother lying dead on the floor for about eight hours before he called triple zero. Mapp was jailed on Thursday until at least 2037 after a jury earlier found him guilty of his mother's murder. "Mum and I are very disappointed in the sentencing," Ms Wilson's niece Jenny Toohey told AAP. "It will never bring her back and we hope he suffers for the rest of his life for what he did." NSW Supreme Court Justice Ian Harrison described Mapp's difficult relationship with his mother resulting from his 45-year drug addiction. But he was not satisfied Mapp intended to kill his mother. "It was not premeditated or planned, being a spontaneous response from loss of control," he said on Thursday. "The offence arose in the emotionally fraught and troubled environment of a home where he was tolerated, but not particularly welcome." The judge also accepted Mapp's childhood was marked by domestic violence at the hands of his alcoholic father and emotional deprivation. During his trial, the jury heard Mapp told police he tried to revive his mother for about eight hours before calling triple zero. He told the operator "good morning, I'd like to report a death". When emergency services arrived, Ms Wilson was lying on the floor underneath a red blanket with blood and soil surrounding her. Mapp told police his mother had been chasing him around the house with kitchen knives during an argument and he threw the pot plant in self-defence. Ms Toohey's mother, Janice Fowler, became concerned when Ms Wilson did not return her calls on July 28. Mapp answered one of her calls in the afternoon and said his mother was "down at the shops". Ms Fowler did not know her sister was already dead. A jury found Mapp guilty of murder in October 2024, after prosecutors rejected his offer to plead guilty to manslaughter. Mapp's barrister Sarah Talbert previously argued the offence was spontaneous and impulsive, as evident in his choice of weapon. But crown prosecutor Carl Young argued Mapp was fuelled by the desire to feed his heroin addiction and intended to kill his mother. "There were ways to disable his mother that did not include a 15kg pot plant to the head," Mr Young had told the court. Justice Harrison accepted on Thursday Mapp's motivation for throwing the plant was, to some extent, driven by his intent to obtain money. But he accepted Mapp's withdrawals were exacerbated in a unique combination of his mental health issues and COVID-19 symptoms. Justice Harrison jailed Mapp for 21 years with a non-parole period of 15 years, backdated to his arrest in July 2022. 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) Lifeline 13 11 14 Men's Referral Service 1300 766 491
Perth Now
29-05-2025
- Perth Now
Drug addict bashes, kills mum with pot plant
A heroin addict who killed his elderly mother by throwing a pot plant at her head before leaving her lifeless body inside her Central Coast home so he could pawn her TV for drug money has been jailed for a maximum of 21 years. David Andrew Mapp was on Thursday sentenced in the NSW Supreme Court after he murdered his mother Colleen Wilson, 82, on July 28, 2022. Ms Wilson had been dead for hours before Mapp, 59, called triple-0 at about 5.15pm, with police finding her body in a pool of blood and covered by a blanket, which he had placed on her. During the call to triple-0, Mapp told the operator that he had a 'big argument', 'things got pretty bad' and she 'fell down and I tried to revive her'. 'I, um, threw the pot plant at her and, ah, there was no response after that,' Mapp said David Andrew Mapp speaks to police in his mother's home after he killed her with a pot plant. Supplied. Credit: News Corp Australia Police footage has captured David Mapp explaining how he killed his mother inside her Central Coast home. Mapp offered to plead guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. However, that was rejected by the Crown prosecution and the jury ultimately found him guilty of murder after he threw a 15kg pot plant at her head. Mapp had claimed to the triple-0 operator that he had 'been waiting all day … trying to revive her'; however, he was contradicted by CCTV that showed Mapp arriving at the Long Jetty Pawnbrokers at 9.36am. He was seen on CCTV selling a Homelite whipper snipper and 55-inch Hisense TV that he had taken from his mother's home. The store clerk took his identification and details, filled out the paperwork before handing over four $50 notes, which Mapp used to buy heroin. When police arrived at his mother's home, bodyworn footage captured him telling officers that he was previously on methadone but had stopped about a month prior. He said that he 'came in and she had her back to me at the table … doing, sweeping the floorboards … and she came at me again with the knife'. He then claimed that he 'protected' himself and 'she just kept trying to plunge, lunge at me with the knife'. 'Uh, I guess when I threw the plant, I guess. She hit her head on the way down,' he said before backtracking on the claim moments later. Mapp (right) killed his mother before hocking her household goods at a pawn store for $200. Supplied Credit: News Corp Australia He then said he 'sort of lunged at her with the plant' before moments later claiming 'I didn't lunge'. He then changed his story once again when he told police: 'Well … before she could turn around and pick the knife up … Um, and I just, I didn't know how hard I was throwing it.' Justice Ian Harrison on Friday sentenced Mapp to a maximum of 21 years in prison. He will be eligible for release on parole in July 2037 after serving 15 years.
Scoop
28-05-2025
- Politics
- Scoop
Inaugural Keith Locke Memorial Debate
Press Release – Keith Locke We are encouraging people who wish to remember Keith to attend, as well as those who have an interest in the topic regardless of their views or place on the political spectrum, said his sister Maire Leadbeater. Keith Locke will be remembered with a political debate to be held on 3 July 2025 at the Irish Club Hall Rocky Nook Ave, (just inside Fowlds Park) Sandringham (7 pm). A cash bar will be open from 6 pm. The moot is 'That China is a threat to regional peace' and the moderator is Simon Wilson. The debaters are Dr Wayne Mapp, Dr Cam Calder and Andrew Dickens: affirmative. Trevor Johnston, Dr Marco de Jong and Dr Arama Rata; negative. Keith had a life-long interest in China and its role in international affairs as well as a lifelong commitment to the value of respectful debate and listening to all sides of the story. 'As one who spent a lot of time with Keith in his last months, I strongly believe that he would be delighted to hear about this event and would support our choice of topic.' 'We are encouraging people who wish to remember Keith to attend, as well as those who have an interest in the topic regardless of their views or place on the political spectrum,' said his sister Maire Leadbeater. Hon Dr Wayne Mapp, QSO, leader of the Affirmative is a former National MP for North Shore and former Minister of Defence (2008-2011). Dr Mapp's time in parliament was contemporaneous with Keith's time and the two had a good relationship despite political differences. Dr Mapp's PhD is in international law, and he was a Professor of Law at Auckland University. He has also served in the NZ Territorial Army. Dr Mapp has a long-standing interest in China's role in international affairs and in the maintenance of peace and security in the Asia-Pacific region. Dr Mapp has visited China both in an official and in a private capacity. Trevor Johnston, leader of the Negative, has a long-time association with Asian and Chinese communities in New Zealand and offshore. In the 80s and 90s he pioneered the manufacture of plant-based protein foods and dairy substitutes within New Zealand along with manufacturing partners from the Chinese and Korean communities. Initially supported by The Tindall Foundation, Trevor led the development and operation of The Warehouse Group's labour and environmental assurance programmes throughout its China and broader Asian supply chains from 2000 until 2024. Trevor has travelled extensively within China, and is familiar with its contemporary and ancient history. A member of the New Zealand China Friendship society and a close observer of New Zealand's multifaceted relationship with the People's Republic of China .
Scoop
28-05-2025
- Politics
- Scoop
Inaugural Keith Locke Memorial Debate
Keith Locke will be remembered with a political debate to be held on 3 July 2025 at the Irish Club Hall Rocky Nook Ave, (just inside Fowlds Park) Sandringham (7 pm). A cash bar will be open from 6 pm. The moot is 'That China is a threat to regional peace' and the moderator is Simon Wilson. The debaters are Dr Wayne Mapp, Dr Cam Calder and Andrew Dickens: affirmative. Trevor Johnston, Dr Marco de Jong and Dr Arama Rata; negative. Keith had a life-long interest in China and its role in international affairs as well as a lifelong commitment to the value of respectful debate and listening to all sides of the story. 'As one who spent a lot of time with Keith in his last months, I strongly believe that he would be delighted to hear about this event and would support our choice of topic.' 'We are encouraging people who wish to remember Keith to attend, as well as those who have an interest in the topic regardless of their views or place on the political spectrum,' said his sister Maire Leadbeater. Hon Dr Wayne Mapp, QSO, leader of the Affirmative is a former National MP for North Shore and former Minister of Defence (2008-2011). Dr Mapp's time in parliament was contemporaneous with Keith's time and the two had a good relationship despite political differences. Dr Mapp's PhD is in international law, and he was a Professor of Law at Auckland University. He has also served in the NZ Territorial Army. Dr Mapp has a long-standing interest in China's role in international affairs and in the maintenance of peace and security in the Asia-Pacific region. Dr Mapp has visited China both in an official and in a private capacity. Trevor Johnston, leader of the Negative, has a long-time association with Asian and Chinese communities in New Zealand and offshore. In the 80s and 90s he pioneered the manufacture of plant-based protein foods and dairy substitutes within New Zealand along with manufacturing partners from the Chinese and Korean communities. Initially supported by The Tindall Foundation, Trevor led the development and operation of The Warehouse Group's labour and environmental assurance programmes throughout its China and broader Asian supply chains from 2000 until 2024. Trevor has travelled extensively within China, and is familiar with its contemporary and ancient history. A member of the New Zealand China Friendship society and a close observer of New Zealand's multifaceted relationship with the People's Republic of China .
