Source: Radio New Zealand
Police were called to a house on Newcastle St in Mahia at 11.30pm on February 28. (File photo) RNZ / Marika Khabazi
A man who was struck in the head and face with a golf club after entering a house in Hawke’s Bay and seriously assaulting a person is being sought by police.
Police were called to address on Newcastle St in Mahia, at 11.30 pm on February 28 after a man entered the property and seriously assaulted a person.
Another person in the house confronted the man – hitting him with a golf club – and injuring his head and face, police said.
The man then fled on a dark-coloured side-by-side quadbike.
Detective Sergeant Joshua Jones said police were looking for man in his 30s or 40s with short black hair and a receding hairline.
The man was nearly six foot three inches tall – of chubby build – and wearing a white singlet and jeans at the time of the assault.
“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,” Jones said.
Police were asking anyone who may have seen a person matching the description – possibly with unexplained head injuries – or who spotted the quad bike in the Newcastle and Weld St areas, near the time of the assault, to get in touch.
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