'It nearly destroyed her life', rich-lister's son told after punching female police officerHAMISH MCNEILLY/FAIRFAX NZ Nikolas James Posa Delegat, 19, in the dock of the Dunedin District Court. A wine-making rich-lister's son has sworn off alcohol since assaulting a female police officer in "serious violent attack". The first-year University of Otago student told a female officer "get off me, cop" before punching her in the face, and several more times after she lost consciousness. READ MORE:* Rich-lister's son accused of assaulting police officer in Dunedin* Rich-lister's son continues fight to keep his name secretIt was "a serious violent attack", the judge said of the alcohol-fuelled incident outside the popular Dunedin student haunt, Starters Bar, about 11pm on March 26, 2015. That led to an argument, with Delegat punching a University of Otago Campus Watch officer, after he tried to intervene.

Source: Stuff September 12, 2016 04:47 UTC