Anna Leask: NZ Herald senior reporter on Sevu Reece avoiding conviction for wilful damage in Christchurch - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Details of the criminal charges against All Black winger Sevu Reece have emerged - ending today in a discharge without conviction.

The 27-year-old initially pleaded not guilty to taking a car 'dishonestly and without claim' and intentionally damaging a property.

But he's admitted a reduced charge of wilful damage - and lost name suppression today.

Herald crime reporter Anna Leask says it took place after a post-Christchurch Cup Day party last year.

"He was getting a bit disruptive and he was asked to leave - and then next minute, he was sort of behind the wheel of a car and he drove it into a garage. And then he sort of took off on foot."

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