A 20-year-old man accused of attacking a Herald delivery man has made a brief appearance in court.
The Otara man came before a justice of the peace at Manukau District Court on Saturday morning after being arrested yesterday.
He is charged with causing grievous bodily harm to Soane Mateo, who was allegedly attacked in the early hours of the morning last Saturday.
Mateo, 47, was waiting for a newspaper delivery outside a Gull station when he said he was attacked by two men who allegedly stabbed him and bashed him with a brick.
One of the alleged assailants is still at large.