Charge follows street attack

A man has been arrested in relation to an attack on a good Samaritan who stopped to help a pedestrian on Friday night and was attacked and kidnapped in his own vehicle.

A 35-year-old Lower Hutt man will appear in court today charged with assault, robbery and kidnapping.

Detective Sergeant Mike Sears, of the Lower Hutt CIB, said the 66-year-old victim stopped to assist a pedestrian in Stokes Valley about 11.30pm, and was then threatened and assaulted. The attacker then detained the motorist and drove him around the Hutt Valley before abandoning him in Moera.

The victim was treated for head injuries at Hutt Hospital before being discharged.

- NZPA