Mountain Scene
When a company boss thought a teenager had skived off with his wife’s purse on a night out in Queenstown last year, he decided to take matters into his own hands.
Encountering the alleged thief on the dark streets of the resort’s CBD about 3am, Jeremy David Smith, 46, smacked the 19-year-old to the head, three to five times.
But the teen who Smith chased when he ran away decided to exact his own revenge.
He rallied four of his mates and when they found Smith, who’s from Lower Hutt, they turned the tables, punching and kicking him, resulting in a trip to Lakes District Hospital.