A man charged after allegedly assaulting and dragging a woman out of a bottle store and putting her into an awaiting vehicle has been granted name suppression.
The 28-year-old man, from North Waikato, made a brief appearance in the Hamilton District Court today facing three charges; one of kidnapping and two of assault with intent to injure after an alleged incident outside the Bottle-O in Ngāruawāhia on Saturday night.
Through his counsel, Charles Bean, the man was successful in his name suppression application after earlier telling Judge Brett Cowley the alleged incident had “received a little bit of media attention” and he’d had no chance to “discuss these matters with his immediate family”.
He also entered not-guilty pleas on his client’s behalf to all three charges.