Name suppression for a man charged with the daylight bashing of a long-serving Nelson police officer has lapsed.
Suppression lapsed for Matei Peti, 23, lapsed following a court appearance in Nelson District Court yesterday.
Top police brass and the Police Minister were shocked after the senior constable with 40 years' experience was allegedly attacked by Peti, leaving the officer requiring 40 stitches to his face and dental reconstruction surgery.
The attack allegedly happened after the officer and a colleague tried to stop Peti attacking a woman outside Nelson Public Hospital late last month.
Peti then allegedly turned on the older officer whose jaw was fractured in three places.
