Argentine and Polish tourists were inside the campervan at the Ahipara foreshore when the three men began rocking the vehicle to the point of tipping it over. Photo / File
Argentine and Polish tourists were inside the campervan at the Ahipara foreshore when the three men began rocking the vehicle to the point of tipping it over. Photo / File
A third man has pleaded guilty to viciously assaulting two overseas tourists who were sleeping in a campervan at Ahipara foreshore.
Ian Spicer, 27, entered guilty pleas in the High Court at Whangarei yesterday to two charges of aggravated robbery and one of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodilyharm.
Spicer, Harley Williams and Mark Nathan went to the Ahipara foreshore car park about 4am on March 25 last year and began violently rocking the campervan to the point of tipping it over.
An Argentinian man and a female Polish tourist were sleeping in the campervan at the time.
The 29-year-old Argentinian tourist yelled out before getting out of the campervan. He was attacked and repeatedly punched and kicked while he lay on the ground, suffering a fractured rib and injuries to his back, torso and chin.
