A 78-year-old man is facing charges of assault in relation to an incident on a school bus in June. A police spokeswoman yesterday said the man had been charged with assault of a child and assault with intent to injure after the Central Otago incident, and was due to appear in court later this month. Prior to charges being laid, the Otago Daily Times reported the relief driver lost his job amid allegations he grabbed one primary school-aged child around the neck before shaking them, and pushed another child's legs to the ground while on a routine school run. She said one mother had questioned the bus driver and another, the mother of a boy allegedly assaulted, had stepped on to the bus to ask what had happened. "I used their contact forum and said there was a, in my opinion, serious bus incident and I wanted to be called immediately."

Source: Otago Daily Times August 05, 2021 21:45 UTC