The man charged with a road-rage assault on a teacher outside a Rotorua school told police he knocked the teacher to the ground because he thought he was "being cheeky". Sheldon Tawhiti-Ormsby, 18, entered a plea of guilty to one charge of common assault at Rotorua District Court on Wednesday. The charge relates to an incident on February 27 outside Rotorua Intermediate School on Malfroy Rd when science teacher Alasdair​ Hay was directing traffic outside the school. BENN BATHGATE/STUFF Rotorua Intermediate School on Malfroy Rd, where the assault took place. DOMINICO ZAPATA/STUFF Tawhiti-Ormsby pleaded guilty to assault at Rotorua District Court.

Source: Stuff March 12, 2019 22:43 UTC