Source: New Zealand Police
Attribute to Detective Sergeant Joshua Jones – Wairoa CIB:
Police are appealing for information following a serious assault at an address in Mahia at the end of February.
On Saturday 28 February, around 11.30pm, Police were called with a report that a man had entered an address uninvited, on Newcastle Street, and seriously assaulted one of the occupants.
The man was confronted by another occupant of the address, who has hit the man over the head with a golf club causing injury to his head and face – as a result he has fled from the property on a side-by-side quadbike, down Newcastle Street and onto Weld Street.
This is a very serious incident that has happened in a place where the victim should have been able to feel safe. The victim sustained serious injuries, and both occupants are understandably very shaken by the incident.
Police have conducted initial enquiries, but have been unable to identify the man, and are now seeking the public’s assistance.
The man is described to be in his 30s or 40s around 6’1”-6’3”/185.4cm-190.5cm in height, and of chubby build. He was reported to be wearing a white singlet and jeans. He has very short, black, hair and a receding hair line.
Police are asking for anyone that has seen a man matching this description, or who had unexplained head injuries from the weekend of Saturday 28 February, to please get in touch.
Additionally, we would like to hear from anyone who witnessed a dark coloured quad bike in the Newcastle Street and Weld Street areas, between 11pm and midnight on that Saturday night, or who has CCTV or dashcam footage of the area.
Information can be provided by going online to https://www.police.govt.nz/use-105 and clicking “update report”, or by calling 105.
Please quote file number 260301/0548.
You can also provide information anonymously through Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.
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Issued by Police Media Centre
