A Japanese chef who punched a workmate and smashed a portacom using a golf club in Glenorchy last week appeared "homesick'', Judge Bernadette Farnan said. Prosecuting sergeant Ian Collin said Yoshimine began working as a chef in Glenorchy in November and was living in staff accommodation with other colleagues. Sgt Collin said later the same day he went to play a round of golf with Mr Wilson. The pair played several holes when the defendant advised he "needed to do something'', picked up a golf club and walked away. "However, without warning, he approached the victim and struck him once with a closed fist to the left side of his face.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 11, 2019 15:22 UTC