A man has been charged after several people were injured when a vehicle fled the scene of a shoplifting in Henderson.
°Â²¹¾±³Ù±ð³¾²¹³Ù¨¡ West CIB have been investigating the offending which unfolded in the car park at Woolworths on Lincoln Road after 11am on 27 January.
Detective Senior Sergeant Megan Goldie says a shoplifting allegedly occurred at the supermarket, with the female offender running to a waiting vehicle.
¡°The driver tried to leave the car park quickly but, in the process, crashed into another vehicle carrying two occupants,¡± she says.
¡°Shockingly, the getaway driver allegedly stole a handbag from the victims he had just crashed into after the occupants got out to exchange details.¡±
A third member of the public tried to intervene with what was unfolding.
¡°All three members of the public suffered injuries after the getaway vehicle was driven off at speed,¡± Detective Senior Sergeant Goldie says.
¡°They all suffered physical injuries including grazing and bruising.
¡°Understandably this ordeal has left them very shaken up and we are continuing to support them through this process.¡±
This week, detectives located a 19-year-old Ranui man and charged him with three counts of aggravated assault and one count of theft.
He will appear in the Wait¨¡kere District Court on 24 February.
Detective Senior Sergeant Goldie says the initial offender, a 21-year-old woman, has been summonsed to court over the supermarket shoplifting.
¡°I would like to acknowledge the support from the public we received in this investigation,¡± she says.
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Jarred Williamson/51½ÖÉä