An unemployed man charged with kidnapping and assaulting an
Invercargill woman faced more charges, including attempted
murder, in Invercargill District Court this morning.
Gene Lyndon Pikia, 27, is also charged with aggravated
robbery, demanding a wallet with menace and dangerous driving
causing injury following an incident on the night of
September 13.
A woman was hit by a car as she was walking home along
Lindisfarne St in the city about 11pm.
Police have previously said the driver offered to take her to
Southland Hospital but instead took her to a rural area near
Tiwai Point, about 20km away, and assaulted her.
The woman was found on Tiwai Rd about 3am the next morning.
Pikia was further remanded in custody, without entering a
plea, until November 11 for a post committal conference.
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