Bikini-clad attacker to take part in police diversion scheme

Footage was filmed from inside a vehicle . Image / YouTube

A bikini-clad woman caught on camera attacking a motorist has had her name suppressed because she had received threats after the video was posted online, her lawyer has told a court.

The 18-year-old woman appeared in the Hutt Valley District Court today over the road rage attack.

Footage filmed from inside a vehicle showed a blonde screwdriver-wielding woman in a bikini yelling at two people and asking if the woman driver knew how to drive.

"Do you even have a licence?" she asked before demanding to see it.

She then appeared to hit the woman in the face.

According to the police records, the attack happened on December 14.

Judge John Bergseng remanded the woman at large until March 18. If she has fulfilled requirements of the police scheme, she will be granted diversion.

Interim name suppression was granted after the teen's lawyer said the accused and her family had received threats after the video was made public.