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East St assault guilty plea An Ashburton teenager charged with an assault on East Street earlier this year has appeared in the Ashburton District Court. Eighteen-year-old Vincent James Kuru Nathan offered guilty pleas to two charges of assault and a not guilty plea to a charge of wounding with in-
tent to injure. He elected trial by judge alone on that matter. The charges were laid following an assault on East Street in the early hours of March 23. The victim, an Ashburton father, sustained serious head injuries and was hospitalised in Christchurch as a result of the
attack. The assault featured in a series of late night attacks in Ashburton’s CBD, with police concerned over the number of alcohol-fuelled assaults on seemly innocent victims. “A number of alcohol related assaults have occurred in the Ashburton township by groups
of young people who sit in wait for the opportunity to cause harm to people who are out for the night and do not want any trouble,” police said at the time. Kuru Nathan was represented by Michelle Barrell at yesterday’s brief appearance in front of Judge Joanna Maze.
He was remanded on bail to return to court for a sentence direction hearing on July 21 on the two assault matters which he admitted. He will also appear on that date for a case review hearing on the wounding with intent to injure charge.
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