Teen who fled Gloriavale admits golf course burnouts

Teen who fled Gloriavale admits golf course burnouts

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A teenager who left the West Coast’s religious Gloriavale community has admitted doing burnouts on a golf course.

Barnabas Ben-Canaan, 18, appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Monday where he pleaded guilty to charges of wilful damage and driving while his licence was suspended.

Ben-Canaan featured in a Campbell Live story in April this year, where he said he wanted to leave Gloriavale because he was “sick of all the control in there”.

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