23 Jun 2016

Arrest in Porirua sexual assault investigation

8:48 pm on 23 June 2016

Police in Porirua have arrested a man for the sexual assault of a 65-year-old woman last week.

The woman was attacked for several hours in her home in Waitangirua last Friday by a man claiming to be looking for his daughter.

The police said they arrested a 40-year-old man from Johnsonville this morning.

He was facing charges of rape, abduction, aggravated wounding, threatening to kill, burglary and three sexual violation offences.