Tara-Paige Simon appears in the Rotorua District Court and pleads not guilty to wounding a woman with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. Photo / Kelly Makiha
Tara-Paige Simon appears in the Rotorua District Court and pleads not guilty to wounding a woman with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. Photo / Kelly Makiha
A woman charged over an alleged hit-and-run near the Rotorua Night Market is to defend the charge before a judge and jury.
Tara-Paige Simon, 21, appeared in the Rotorua District Court yesterday and pleaded not guilty to a charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
She wascharged after a woman suffered serious injuries when she was allegedly hit by a vehicle after the market on June 5.
Simon, who was represented by Terere Aoake, was originally granted interim name suppression but that lapsed yesterday.
Judge Anna Skellern remanded Simon on continued bail until a Crown case review hearing on September 24.
Simon’s bail conditions included being at her home between 7pm and 7am, not contacting or associating with the alleged victim, and not driving or being within 50m of Rotorua’s central business district.
Kelly Makiha is a senior journalist who has reported for the Rotorua Daily Post for more than 25 years, covering mainly police, court, human interest and social issues.
