Police seek assailant
A woman in the Fitzgerald Avenue area says she was woken from her sleep by _a man brandishing a knife early on Sunday morning, and indecently assaulted. The attacker is described as being a Maori, 1.67 m tall, about 24, with broad shoulders.
During the alleged attack the woman screamed, and her assailant ran off. She was not seriously hurt. The police were called at 2.05 a.m. on Sunday morning, but the man had left the scene. They are still searching for him.
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Press, 31 May 1977, Page 2
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