A shocking video has emerged of what appears to be a racially-motivated attack in Huntly. Source: Facebook / Mehpara Khan
Former Whanganui mayor and broadcaster Michael Laws has come out on Facebook expressing his sympathy for the woman charged over a racially-motivated attack in Huntly.
Megan Walton, 27, appeared in Hamilton District Court yesterday and pleaded guilty to behaving in an insulting manner that was likely to cause violence andto two charges of assault.
Walton, from Auckland, assaulted and insulted Muslim woman Mehpara Khan, 28, who had stopped for a toilet break with friends in Huntly on Saturday on their way back to Auckland.
Mehpara Khan, 28, posted the incident online. Photo / Supplied
Walton came out of the toilet intoxicated with two cans of alcohol which she threw at Khan but missed her.
She also threw a punch which Khan blocked and Khan's friend blocked the second attempted punch.
Laws, who is now a councillor on the Otago Regional Council, posted an article about the incident on his Facebook page, saying: "I actually feel sympathy."
"Her media gang-banging and public humiliation are clearly gratuitous.
"She is obviously a deeply troubled woman who, realistically, harmed no one."
