Upper Hutt teen avoids conviction for police officer’s concussion

A 19-year-old avoided conviction for assaulting a police officer, resulting in a concussion, during a family violence incident in Upper Hutt last November. The police responded to a call where the aggressor had already left, and while attempting to assist the defendant’s injured sister, tensions escalated. The man’s lawyer claimed the assault was a case of self-defense taken “too far,” and he has been granted permanent name suppression for the incident.

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