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Crime

Man in court after Christchurch gang fight ends with woman stabbed in back

12 Aug, 2020 03:00 AM2 minutes to read
George Waaka Hadfield appeared in the dock at Christchurch District Court today to plead guilty to a charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

George Waaka Hadfield appeared in the dock at Christchurch District Court today to plead guilty to a charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

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A gang fight that started in a Christchurch supermarket carpark ended with a woman being stabbed in the back.

George Waaka Hadfield, 23, was arrested by police after the violent flare-up in broad daylight on October 16 last year.

Today, Hadfield appeared in the dock at Christchurch District Court this afternoon to plead guilty to a charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

He will be sentenced later in the year.

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The court heard that Hadfield was with his partner at New World supermarket in St Martins when a man approached Hadfield in an aggressive manner, "making comments in support of Black Power".

They started yelling at each other, leading to a brief fight, before it broke up.

A woman and her partner started walking away towards Wilson Rd.

Hadfield followed them and more words were exchanged.

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The woman and Hadfield's partner got into another fight which ended up on the ground.

Hadfield then "came in with a knife" and stabbed the victim in the back between her ribs, also slicing her right ear.

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Hadfield and his partner then fled in a car.

The court heard that the victim was stabbed in the back, between the ninth and 10th rib, causing hemothorax – a collection of blood in the space between the chest wall and the lung. Hospital staff also recorded an internal liver laceration "due to the trauma".

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The wound to her right ear needed stitches.

When police caught up with Hadfield, he said he did not stab the victim "and that it was a Mongrel Mob member who had passed him in a motor vehicle as he walked home".

Defence counsel Andrew McKenzie said a cultural report was being prepared before sentencing.

Judge Tony Zohrab gave Hadfield a warning under the three strikes law and remanded him on electronically-monitored bail. A sentencing date is yet to be confirmed.

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