"It was like getting hit by an iron pole."
That was what a Whanganui woman told police after a man punched her six times for trying to protect another woman.
Kevin Stuart Nicol, 51, pleaded guilty to one male assaults female charge when he appeared in the Whanganui District Court on Tuesday.
Police prosecutor Rachel Willemsen said on July 12, 2017 at 7.30pm an argument erupted between Nicol and the victim over the way he was speaking to another adult.
"[Nicol] walked up to the couch where the victim was sitting. He put his hand on the victim's right shoulder preventing the victim from standing up.