Police are still seeking information about the Saturday, August 12, 2017, assault of a Palmerston North man. Photo / File
Almost a year after a one-punch assault, a Palmerston North man is still recovering and has lost his sense of taste and smell.
Manawatu police said the man had been walking with a group of friends on the evening of Saturday, August 12, 2017, when he stopped to talk to
the occupants of a small SUV-type vehicle parked opposite The Office Bar on Main St.
His friends kept walking, but turned back to see their friend lying flat on the pavement, and the car speeding away.
The man received serious head injuries. At the time, he had to be put into a drug-induced coma at Wellington Hospital.
Police said the recovery was ongoing and, as well as losing his sense of taste and smell, the victim had no memory of the incident.
