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Man charged with accosting runner in Rotorua's Puarenga Park appears in court

Kelly Makiha
By Kelly Makiha
Multimedia Journalist·Rotorua Daily Post·
8 Oct, 2020 11:00 PMQuick Read

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Rongopai Pene in the Rotorua District Court via audio visual link. Photo / Kelly Makiha

Rongopai Pene in the Rotorua District Court via audio visual link. Photo / Kelly Makiha

A man accused of following a woman while she went running in Rotorua's Puarenga Park has appeared in the Rotorua District Court.

Rongopai Pene, 21, appeared in the Rotorua District Court today

facing a charge of accosting a woman on a walking track on September 21 knowing his conduct was likely reasonably to frighten the woman.

He is also charged with three counts of burglary including entering a building on Pukuatua St on September 27, entering a building on Elizabeth St on September 25 and entering a building on Lytton St on September 21.

Pene's lawyer, Alistair Burns, asked for the case to be adjourned before pleas were entered.

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Judge Louis Bidois remanded Pene in custody to reappear on October 27.

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