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Man in court attacks judge
DAVID CLARKSON
Last updated 05:00 22/07/2011
A man is in mental health custody after being charged with assaulting a district court judge in Christchurch, and the Ministry of Justice has launched an investigation into how the attack happened.
Judge Jackie Moran was not injured in the assault which took place on Wednesday during a hearing under the Mental Health Act.
It is understood the man lunged at her at the conclusion of the hearing and managed to strike her before he was restrained.
Security staff were present at the hearing, but they were not the ministry's own security officers.
Apart from mental health hearings, Judge Moran does criminal court work and sits in the Family Court.
The 26-year-old man, Muhammad Tanvir, who lives in the Christchurch suburb of Middleton, appeared in the Christchurch District Court sitting at the Rangiora Court House yesterday.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/5323526/Man-in-court-attacks-judge
DAVID CLARKSON
Last updated 05:00 22/07/2011
A man is in mental health custody after being charged with assaulting a district court judge in Christchurch, and the Ministry of Justice has launched an investigation into how the attack happened.
Judge Jackie Moran was not injured in the assault which took place on Wednesday during a hearing under the Mental Health Act.
It is understood the man lunged at her at the conclusion of the hearing and managed to strike her before he was restrained.
Security staff were present at the hearing, but they were not the ministry's own security officers.
Apart from mental health hearings, Judge Moran does criminal court work and sits in the Family Court.
The 26-year-old man, Muhammad Tanvir, who lives in the Christchurch suburb of Middleton, appeared in the Christchurch District Court sitting at the Rangiora Court House yesterday.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/5323526/Man-in-court-attacks-judge