Teen charged over New Year's Day sex attack in Gisborne
By Natasha Jojoa BurlingNewstalk ZB·
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Save The alleged sex attack happened at the Showgrounds Campground on New Year's Day. Photo / Supplied
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested and charged over an alleged sexually motivated attack on a woman in Gisborne on New Year's Day.
It happened at the Showgrounds Park Motor Camp on the outskirts of the city.
The victim was in the city for the Rhythm and Vines festival.
Police
say the 24-year-old was attacked in her tent but managed to fight her assailant off.
When other campers arrived to help, the offender made off.