A charge for wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm has been upgraded to attempted murder in the Hutt Valley District Court today
A charge for wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm has been upgraded to attempted murder in the Hutt Valley District Court today
18 May 2020
The 24-year-old man appeared by video in relation to the April 10 attack on his mother.
His lawyer told the court their defence will be that the Naenae resident was unwell at the time.
The man has been remanded in custody to appear in Wellington's High Court later this month and has interim name suppression.
He also faces a charge of indecent assault on another woman on March 14.
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