Unity Wara was grabbed on a track at Kawaroa Park. An arrest has now been made.
A 40-year-old man has been arrested and charged with assaulting a woman as she rode her bike through a New Plymouth bush track. Sergeant Rhys Connell said the man was arrested on Thursday in relation to the January 16 incident New Plymouth s Kawaroa Park. Unity Wara, 43, was grabbed from behind and pulled her from the bicycle as she rode through the area, which is near the Coastal Walkway. Wara used kick-boxing skills she learnt as a teenager to fight off the assailant and escape.
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