Jamie Curtis Pene after pleading guilty to assaulting American tourist Russ Roca in the Wellington District Court. Photo / Mark Mitchell
A Wellington man has admitted punching an American cyclist, in an incident in the city last month.
Jamie Curtis Pene, 39, of Newtown, pleaded guilty when he appeared before Judge David McKegg in Wellington District Court this morning.
Pene, representing himself, made menacing faces at a photographer, while the court
was told of the events of January 10.
American tourists Russ Roca and Laura Crawford were cycling in Newtown when Pene swerved in of them in his car at the intersection of Riddiford and Main streets, the court was told.
Pene then punched Mr Roca in the face, causing a cut to the inside of his lip. Mr Roca also suffered a sore shoulder.
