Selwyn Times: February 03, 2021

Selwyn Times Wednesday February 3 2021
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Knocked backwards
with punch;
head hits ground
• From page 1
John and his wife had
enjoyed a relaxed evening
meal before John went
out to his shed, near the
house, at dusk, to lock
it up and put away the
chickens.
He noticed a young man
with a petrol can in his
shed and told him to put
it down. The man ran and
dropped the can, and was
joined by three or four
others as they fled.
They ran down the
neighbour’s driveway,
which is behind the shed,
to get away, leaving their
car, believed to have been
stolen, parked behind the
shed in the driveway as
they did so.
John dialled 111 on his
cellphone and followed
them down the driveway,
with the intention of being
able to tell the operator
where they were going.
At the end of the driveway
the group turned
right onto Birchs Rd, and
then to John’s surprise
they came back around
the corner “at full speed”
towards him.
They ran past him in the
driveway towards their
car, and as they did so one
of them swung a punch,
hitting John side-on.
• If anyone has any
information on the
assault or knows the
teenagers involved,
phone 105 and
quote file number
210119/8268.
He fell backwards and
hit his head, and then had
to quickly move his legs
off the driveway as the offenders’
car reversed back
out to the road as the culprits
made their getaway.
By this time John was
connected to the 111
operator, and he was able
to report the burglary and
that he had been hit, saying
“and there’s quite a bit
of blood.”
Police arrived within
three minutes, and the
ambulance within four to
five minutes.
“They were very quick,”
John said.
He said the whole
incident, from when he
first saw the man in his
shed to being punched
and lying on the ground,
was a mere 10 to 12
seconds.
John described his attackers
as being European
in their late teens.
“They were the sort of
kids you see kicking a
rugby ball down at the
beach to impress the girls.
That’s what I think they
should have been doing,”
John said.
“(It is) just sad, that four
to five young lads aren’t at
the best place for their age
at this stage in their lives.”
Acting Sergeant Harriet
Carey said no suspects
had been identified at this
stage. Police were still
investigating the incident.
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