Police have charged a man over an unprovoked assault on an Auckland bus driver.
Auckland City West Police have been investigating an assault that occurred in the Kingsland area last Friday, 4 October.
Area Commander Inspector Alisse Robertson says the bus had stopped on New North Road at the time.
¡°The offender allegedly struck the driver, before running away from the bus,¡± she says.
¡°Our staff attended at the time and began to make enquiries into the matter.¡±
Overnight, Police located a 25-year-old Henderson man and arrested him.
He has been charged with assault and will appear in the Auckland District Court today.
Inspector Robertson says: ¡°I know when these events occur it impacts the staff and commuters who use these services.
¡°More than 13,500 bus services alone operate across our city every day, most without incident.
¡°There is no place for violence, and when these incidents occur we will continue to identify and prosecute offenders.¡±
ENDS.
Jarred Williamson/51½ÖÉä