A teen who hit a Rotorua Intermediate teacher outside school and knocked him unconscious has been issued a warrant for arrest after failing to appear for sentencing this afternoon.
Sheldon Tawhiti-Ormsby, 18, from Rotorua, was due to be sentenced in the Rotorua District Court after pleading guilty in March, to assaulting Alasdair Hay at school pick-up on February 27.
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Hay, a teacher of 20-years, was punched in the face and sprained his ankle as he fell to the ground, chipping the bone.