Hala was sentenced to 8½ months’ home detention after admitting a charge of injuring with intent. The man was said to have thrown a racist slur at Hala, but the judge said that was possibly a reaction to being dragged outside. Hala disputed that, saying he followed the man outside and then the man hurled the insult. Either way, the judge said he shouldn’t have hit the man. Hala struck him so hard he fell backwards, hitting his head against a brick wall. Hala maintained it was an open-handed slap, rather than a punch. CCTV footage was no use as it happened too quickly, Edwards said.
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Police are seeking information from the public following a fight that left a man in a critical condition in Palmerston North early on Sunday morning.
At about 3.15am on 27 December, a fight involving multiple people broke out on Broadway Avenue, near the entrance to Berrymans Lane, in Palmerston North.
During the fight a man in his early twenties was knocked unconscious, and then kicked in the head as he lay on the ground.
Ambulance staff took the man to Palmerston North Hospital. He was subsequently transferred to Wellington Hospital, and has undergone surgeries for the injuries to his head.
As stated by Detective Sergeant Daniel Busuttin:
Police are seeking information from the public following an incident that left a man in a critical condition in Palmerston North in the early hours of Sunday morning.
At about 3.15am on 27 December a large disorder involving multiple people broke out on Broadway Avenue, near the entrance to Berrymans Lane, in Palmerston North.
During the course of this fight a man in his early twenties was knocked unconscious, and then kicked in the head as he lay on the ground. Ambulance staff attended and immediately transported the man to Palmerston North Hospital. He was subsequently transferred to Wellington Hospital, and has undergone surgeries for the injuries to his head. He remains in Intensive Care in a critical condition.