Man among first charged under new coward-punch law after Lower Hutt incident
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- Police charged a man after an incident in Lower Hutt left another person fighting for life in hospital.
- The case is among the first to use New Zealand’s new coward-punch law, which took effect about two weeks ago.
A man who surrendered to police after a Lower Hutt incident has become one of the first people in New Zealand charged under the country’s new coward-punch law.
The incident left another person fighting for life in hospital. The law came into effect about two weeks ago, according to the report.
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