{"id":564366,"date":"2026-08-10T04:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T04:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/564366\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T04:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T04:38:10","slug":"man-accused-of-epsom-attacks-due-in-court-again-after-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/564366\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of Epsom attacks due in court again after delay"},"content":{"rendered":"

In light of that, she asked for the hearing to be postponed until Monday and for her client to receive interim name suppression.<\/p>\n

The judge allowed the delay and interim suppression.<\/p>\n

He faces 17 charges, the most serious carrying a 14-year maximum sentence.<\/p>\n

He is due to appear in the Auckland District Court today. <\/p>\n

\"AA memorial for the dog that was killed on Manukau Rd, Epsom, during the series of attacks. Photo \/ Dean Purcell<\/p>\n

Since the attacks, a memorial for the dead dog has been set up on Manukau Rd, with people leaving candles, dog treats and toys. <\/p>\n

Woman allegedly attacked at intersection<\/p>\n

Police said the incident began about 7.05am when officers were called to reports of a serious assault at the intersection of Ranfurly and Manukau Rds.<\/p>\n

\u201cA member of the public stopped to assist the victim, before this offender has stolen the good Samaritan\u2019s vehicle,\u201d Auckland City district commander Superintendent Sunny Patel said. <\/p>\n

The man then allegedly jumped into an SUV-type vehicle and swerved down the road. <\/p>\n

Patel said the man hit a vehicle on the other side of the road and then veered into a second vehicle.<\/p>\n

Vehicle crashes into cyclists<\/p>\n

Police say cyclists riding along Manukau Rd were the next group to be caught in the rush-hour violence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe offender then fled in the stolen vehicle, hitting several vehicles before striking three cyclists who were riding on Manukau Rd,\u201d Patel said.<\/p>\n

The Auckland Grammar School students were taken to Auckland City Hospital with critical, serious and moderate injuries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will be a life-altering event,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

CCTV footage appeared to show the vehicle veering towards the cyclists and striking them from behind, Patel said. <\/p>\n

Auckland Grammar School headmaster Tim O\u2019Connor confirmed the cyclists were students on a training ride.<\/p>\n

Attempted carjack at petrol station<\/p>\n

The man allegedly rammed the SUV into the back of a white Toyota Land Cruiser at the Tasman Epsom petrol station.<\/p>\n

Police said a woman was filling up her vehicle when it was hit at the petrol station but managed to move out of the way unharmed.<\/p>\n

\"AA damaged car being towed away on Manukau Rd. <\/p>\n

Woman walking dogs targeted<\/p>\n

After crashing the vehicle, the man exited and allegedly approached another member of the public, who was walking two dogs on leads.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe offender has subjected one of the dogs to a violent assault and sadly, the dog has died at the scene,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has all taken place in full view of the public going about their morning commute.\u201d<\/p>\n

Man arrested<\/p>\n

Police arrested a 49-year-old man on Manukau Rd during the attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was an incredibly violent event which has unfolded very quickly. We acknowledge it has impacted many innocent people who were just going about their mornings,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n

\u201dPolice are aware many people witnessed this incident, and we are appealing to the public for information and dashcam footage to come forward.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In light of that, she asked for the hearing to be postponed until Monday and for her client…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1117,74,6030,12642,5660,51,1875,1349,9947,5910,26221,42,78,685,5158,43,1118,1963,17294,40,38,41,39,24927,20424,686],"class_list":["post-564366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-accused","tag-after","tag-again","tag-appear","tag-attacks","tag-auckland","tag-carrying","tag-court","tag-delay","tag-due","tag-epsom","tag-headlines","tag-in","tag-last","tag-man","tag-news","tag-of","tag-series","tag-suburb","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-unable","tag-violent","tag-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564366","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=564366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}