Assaulted woman’s backpack found
, ! . I’ PA f Palmerston North' P.oli[ce have recovered a baqkpack believed to belong to a Swedish hitchhiker | who was assaulted by the driver of a car in northern Wairarapa on February 24. ( A )|i Pahiatua police spokesman said the pack was 11[ found this week undeq a • bridge ■ near where the incident occurred. A farmer saw the car
stop by the bridge and drop the pack on the day the woman was assaulted. The woman y.’as picked up in Masterton about 11 a.m. on February 24. North of Eketahuna the driver turned off the main road, punched the woman in the face, drew a knife and told her to take her clothes off. j The woman managed to knock the autoimatic gear shift into neutral and get out of the car as it slowed.
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