A couple have appeared in court after an alleged assault in a Hastings park which left a 3-year-old child bloodied.
The couple's appearance before a registrar in the Hastings District Court followed an incident at a playground in Cornwall Park on Monday, in which a man holding a child was allegedly assaulted.
A man appeared on two charges: common assault and assaulting a child.
A woman, who identified herself in court as the man's partner, was charged with common assault.