A man armed with a knife who was allegedly threatening a woman was captured by armed police in Picton yesterday.
The police were called to the Angle St block of flats in Picton at 3.25pm.
Sharon Johnson, a resident of flats on the corner of Angle St and Wairau Rd, said she phoned 111 after she heard yelling and smashing from the property two flats away from hers. "I had just gone out on the deck to get the washing in.
"I could hear a great ruckus. He was yelling, she was shouting for him to stop. I heard things being smashed.
"I called 111. I knew it was the couple in the flat up from ours."
Mrs Johnson said she "still had 111 on her phone" when the woman occupant of the flat came towards her. "The police asked me if weapons were involved.
"[The woman] said he had a knife. I told the police. They said for us both to get away from the flats, to get out onto Wairau Rd and that the police would be there soon. We just did what they asked.
"The police arrived and bundled her into the car and took her away while other police officers surrounded the flats," said Mrs Johnson.
The man surrendered to the police soon after they arrived at the flats and was taken to Picton police station.
The police said a 47-year-old male mussel opener was held in police custody overnight and would appear in the Blenheim District Court today on charges of assault and threatening to kill.
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