An Invercargill man has been convicted of attacking a man with a torch. Daniel John Jackson yesterday pleaded guilty in the Invercargill District Court to assaulting a person with a blunt instrument. On February 26, Jackson was at Lake Rotoiti to support a family member who was competing at the national speed boat races. "He received a verbal reprimand by the defendant's stepfather for urinating in public and in front of the young child.'' A member of the group also commented negatively towards the man urinating, but Jackson interpreted the comment as a slur towards himself or his stepfather.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 16, 2019 21:33 UTC