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REF: NZherald, 12/3/05: Hammer man adds insult to injury (complete article at link)
A truck driver beaten senseless with a claw hammer in a vicious road-rage attack faced his assailant in court yesterday and came out feeling "gutted".
Barry Fletcher still limps from the attack in August in which Toma Lauaki, 35, climbed into the cab of his truck in Mangere and rained blows with the hammer, before dragging Mr Fletcher from the cab. It was all caught on security camera.
Toma Lauaki (left) and Barry Fletcher
Mr Fletcher was at the Manukau District Court yesterday with his wife, Kara, expecting Lauaki to be sentenced for causing his
broken ankle, broken left wrist and gashes to the bone on his right leg, which saw him admitted to hospital.
Ins
tead he had his driving skills called into question.
Mr Hogan said Lauaki was provoked into attacking Mr Fletcher because of his driving and Mr Fletcher's former boss would say he had run-ins with other drivers before.
Lauaki had earlier admitted assaulting Mr Fletcher with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
Judge McAuslan said sentencing could only continue on the basis that Lauaki honestly believed Mr Fletcher had wronged him.
She said she did not believe Lauaki's version that Mr Fletcher had cut him off so bluntly that he was forced to mount the kerb.
"His version is completely different to that of the victim," she said, adding that no accident was seen and no damage was done to Lauaki's car.
She said calling Mr Fletcher's previous employer was an attempt to demean his reputation without giving him any w
arni
ng o
r right to defend himself.
Mr Fletcher said he knew of one complaint against him while he was working at PBT but refused to detail it. He said he felt am
bushed.
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REF: Tvnz.co.nz 12/1/05:
Hammer attacker gets five years jail
NEWS VIDEO OF ASSAULT AT ABOVE LINK, "Vicious road attack in Auckland".
:angry:
REF: NZherald, 12/3/05: Hammer man adds insult to injury (complete article at link)
A truck driver beaten senseless with a claw hammer in a vicious road-rage attack faced his assailant in court yesterday and came out feeling "gutted".
Barry Fletcher still limps from the attack in August in which Toma Lauaki, 35, climbed into the cab of his truck in Mangere and rained blows with the hammer, before dragging Mr Fletcher from the cab. It was all caught on security camera.
Toma Lauaki (left) and Barry Fletcher
Mr Fletcher was at the Manukau District Court yesterday with his wife, Kara, expecting Lauaki to be sentenced for causing his
broken ankle, broken left wrist and gashes to the bone on his right leg, which saw him admitted to hospital.
Ins
tead he had his driving skills called into question.
Mr Hogan said Lauaki was provoked into attacking Mr Fletcher because of his driving and Mr Fletcher's former boss would say he had run-ins with other drivers before.
Lauaki had earlier admitted assaulting Mr Fletcher with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
Judge McAuslan said sentencing could only continue on the basis that Lauaki honestly believed Mr Fletcher had wronged him.
She said she did not believe Lauaki's version that Mr Fletcher had cut him off so bluntly that he was forced to mount the kerb.
"His version is completely different to that of the victim," she said, adding that no accident was seen and no damage was done to Lauaki's car.
She said calling Mr Fletcher's previous employer was an attempt to demean his reputation without giving him any w
arni
ng o
r right to defend himself.
Mr Fletcher said he knew of one complaint against him while he was working at PBT but refused to detail it. He said he felt am
bushed.
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REF: Tvnz.co.nz 12/1/05:
Hammer attacker gets five years jail
NEWS VIDEO OF ASSAULT AT ABOVE LINK, "Vicious road attack in Auckland".
:angry:
