{"id":562063,"date":"2026-08-07T18:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/562063\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:58:16","slug":"epsom-attacks-cctv-shows-vehicle-smashing-into-car-at-petrol-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/562063\/","title":{"rendered":"Epsom attacks: CCTV shows vehicle smashing into car at petrol station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">After a petrol station attendant comes out and assesses the scene, the man leaves that vehicle and enters the woman\u2019s damaged car.<\/p>\n<p>Staff member confronts man<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">After a few minutes, he gets out of that car and walks towards the road. The petrol station staff member approaches him while holding an object behind his back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">CCTV shows the half-naked man circle around the petrol station before reappearing with a large orange road cone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">He and the petrol station staff member appear to yell and point at each other. The man is then seen heading towards an exit.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"A man accused of a series of violent attacks in Epsom can be seen in CCTV footage at a petrol station with an orange road cone. Image \/ Supplied\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>A man accused of a series of violent attacks in Epsom can be seen in CCTV footage at a petrol station with an orange road cone. Image \/ Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">A 49-year-old man faces 17 charges, including attempting to cause grievous bodily harm, injuring with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and assaulting people with a vehicle in relation to Wednesday\u2019s incidents.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"The scene on Manukau Rd, Epsom, a day after the violent incidents. Photo \/ Jason Dorday\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The scene on Manukau Rd, Epsom, a day after the violent incidents. Photo \/ Jason Dorday<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">Yesterday, defence lawyer Jane-Frances O\u2019Halloran told Judge Grant Fraser that she hadn\u2019t yet been able to take instructions from her client, who remained at Auckland City Hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">Judge Fraser ordered the defendant be remanded in custody, if he recovers enough before a Monday hearing to be released from hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a petrol station attendant comes out and assesses the scene, the man leaves that vehicle and enters&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1117,1975,5660,9218,682,3944,21181,69895,20496,18089,26221,19473,296,111,43,139,69,22126,1963,418,33552,13655,6845,20424,12767],"class_list":["post-562063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-accused","tag-at","tag-attacks","tag-before","tag-being","tag-car","tag-cctv","tag-confronted","tag-crashing","tag-dramatic","tag-epsom","tag-footage","tag-into","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-petrol","tag-series","tag-shows","tag-smashing","tag-station","tag-vehicle","tag-violent","tag-worker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}