Traffic officer struck down with crutch
Nelson reporter !• A one-legged com;'p e nsati o n beneficiary ipleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court at Nelson {vesterday 'o hitting a traffic {officer three times with his 'crutch. f{' Peter Neven Mac Ewan, {aged 2,3. admitted a charge I of assaulting David John {Thompson with intent to in'ljure. on April 5. He was rei’mahded in custody for a : I probation officer’s report -{and sentence tv> April 24 by i Mr K. H. J. Headifen, S.M. ■ Sergeant P. D. Grooby i said that on the afternoon of April 5, - Traffic Officer ; Thompson saw the defendant • riding his motor-cycle
around Wakefield Quay at an estimated speed of 80 - k/h. He followed him to his i home at. 102 Russell Street - which the defendant entered. i The traffic officer parked ■ his motor-cycle outside and ! entered the properly and while speaking to Mac Ewan , the defendant suddenly hit i him on the arm with a 1 crutch, then hit him in the - groin and the mouth with - the crutch. As a result the » officer lost two teeth, two tjteeth were loosened, and his /{mouth was lacerated, said (Sergeant Grooby. r i Charges against Mac Ewan fjof exceeding the speed limit. r|of not wearing a helmet and tlof failing to stop were ad•ijourned to April 24.
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Press, 11 April 1979, Page 4
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