Arrest over cop bashing
0 Comments | Waikato Times, Apr 23, 2010 | by FEEK Belinda
A 25-year-old Ngaruawahia man has been arrested in connection with an attack in the town which left a police officer bashed, bloodied and unconscious in the gutter on Wednesday night.
The man was to appear in Hamilton District Court this morning on charges of aggravated wounding, breach of a protection order and male assaults female.
Huntly sub-area manager Senior Sergeant Pete Simpson said the officer was waiting alone for backup after being called to a Newton St address about 9pm when he intervened after seeing a woman assaulted. He briefly spoke to a man before he was hit to the ground and left unconscious and bloodied.
It is understood a woman in the group called police from the patrol car radio. The officer received stitches and was recovering at home.
It’s the second attack on the town’s police officers in a month after two officers were set upon by a group of youths in Ellery St on March 26.
Yesterday’s incident sparked a call by Police Association president Greg O’Connor for all police cars to have a firearm or Taser. “But for the actions of a bystander .
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