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Police are asking the public for information to help identify an offender involved in a violent assault in Papatoetoe.
An investigation has been under way this month into the incident where a woman suffered a head injury in the early hours of May 9 on Sutton Crescent.
Counties Manukau West Police CIB is releasing footage of a man sought in connection with the assault.
“At around midnight, the victim and the offender had been walking along Sutton Crescent when an argument broke out between them,” detective senior sergeant Mike Hayward says.
“We do not know why this argument began but it has continued as the pair moved towards Kolmar Road.”
The female victim attempted to walk away from the male offender but was assaulted.
Hayward says: “The force of the assault has caused the victim to fall to the ground.
“The offender has continued the violent assault and used extreme force on the woman.”
Police have since obtained CCTV footage of the assault, which shows the male offender walking away from the scene a short time later.
The female victim was transported to Middlemore Hospital with serious injuries and is continuing to recover from her ordeal.
Hayward says despite a thorough area canvass, no witnesses to the violent incident have been identified. Police are now releasing images to the public.
“We have obtained good CCTV footage of the man we want to speak with in this investigation,” he says.
“There is no place for this extreme violence in the community, and I’m confident someone will know who this man is. We need to hear from you.”
People with information can update police online now or phone 105 using the reference number 250509/4414.
Information can also be provided anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
