No Conviction Recorded After Man Attacks 71-Year-Old at Women’s Rights Rally

The Free Speech Union is considering appealing a permanent name suppression order granted to a man who was accused of assaulting an elderly woman at a women’s rights rally in Auckland last year. The man was caught on film punching a 71-year-old woman in the head during a counter-protest. He later admitted to a charge of common assault. However, Auckland District Court Judge Kevin Glubb declined to enter a conviction against the man, saying the gravity of a conviction would be out of proportion to the seriousness of his offending. He did order the man to pay $1,000 reparation to the victim, Judith Hobson....