A Te Puke man accused of serious assaulting two men was granted interim name suppression in Tauranga District Court today. Photo / File
The man accused of assaulting two men near Pāpāmoa's Fashion Island has been granted name suppression.
The Te Puke man faced charges of assault and injuring with intent to injure when he appeared in the Tauranga Registrar's Court today.
Police alleged the defendant punched two men, one in his 40s
and the other a 61-year-old, during an altercation outside shops near Fashion Island on Gravatt Rd about 1.30pm on February 24.
One man was taken to Waikato Hospital in a critical condition with a head injury and the other was treated and discharged from hospital, police earlier said.
The defendant's lawyer, Helen Gould, argued that interim name suppression should be granted to protect the defendant's rights to a fair trial.
