Five charges of assault using a car as a weapon have been
laid against a man arrested after a domestic-violence
incident in Hills Road, Christchurch, on Saturday night. They
were among 18 charges Cody Derek Martin faced during a brief
appearance in Christchurch District Court today.
Police said the 23-year-old labourer broke into an ambulance
where the alleged victim of the domestic assault was being
treated.
He then rammed a police car which had pursued him reversing
into into it several times.
On the last occasion, Martin's car allegedly became entangled
with the patrol car and he ran off.
When police chased him, he threatened to kill them with a
baseball bat. Judge Jane McMeeken remanded Martin in custody
to March 17.
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