police officer<\/a>, said she had been at an event, which the man also attended. <\/p>\nShe said he became angry with her at the event but later she drove him and his car home as he had been drinking. <\/p>\n
When they got into the car, he smashed a drink can on the dashboard, she said.<\/p>\n
The woman said she cowered but continued to drive. <\/p>\n
She claimed it was around this time that he grabbed her between the legs and tried to lift up her skirt.<\/p>\n
When they arrived at his home, he told her to \u201cget out\u201d, she said, but she insisted he then drive her home. <\/p>\n
She claimed that it was on the drive to her house that he punched her in the nose, causing her to bleed.<\/p>\n
During the drive, the man ranged from screaming at her and asking why she was not saying anything to telling her to \u201cstop crying\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n
She said he swerved into another car before they pulled over and swapped seats.<\/p>\n
The woman began driving, and the man went on to punch her in the ribs and the side of the head, she claimed. <\/p>\n
She also alleged he swung at her with an open hand, poking her in the eyes and she said she screamed: \u201cI can\u2019t see\u201d.<\/p>\n
The woman claimed that when they arrived at her home, they got into \u201ca bit of a scuffle\u201d and he began strangling her while she was lying on the ground until she thought she was going to die.<\/p>\n
She said all she could think about was who was going to feed her dog and who was going to tell her mum if she died.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll I could think is they\u2019re going to find me dead in this room,\u201d she told the detective in the interview.<\/p>\n
She also claimed there was \u201ca lot of property damage\u201d as the man had allegedly punched holes in her walls and door, as well as smashing his head into her living room door.<\/p>\n
When questioning the woman, who appeared at the trial via audio-visual link, McCormick pressed the woman on whether the man had really steered the vehicle into oncoming traffic and touched her between her legs. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe didn\u2019t do that though, did he?\u201d McCormick asked. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe did,\u201d she replied. <\/p>\n
McCormick also questioned whether there was any \u201cpunching or striking\u201d in the car, or anything \u201cphysical\u201d at all when they got to the woman\u2019s house, to which the woman said, \u201cThere was.\u201d <\/p>\n
Court documents show the man is facing 12 charges in relation to the woman, including injuring with reckless disregard, damage and threatening acts to her home, indecent assault, strangulation and blackmail for the panic attack recording.<\/p>\n
He is also charged with assaulting two other women.<\/p>\n
The trial continues.<\/p>\n
Ella Scott-Fleming has been a journalist for three years and previously worked at the Otago Daily Times, Gore Ensign and Metro Magazine. She has an interest in court and general reporting. She\u2019s based in Auckland covering justice-related stories.<\/p>\n
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