Blenheim and Picton police were kept busy over the Christmas holiday period with 37 arrests from Friday to Tuesday.
Twenty-two people were arrested on December 23 and 24 for charges ranging from disorderly behaviour, breaching bail, trespass and shoplifting.
On Friday night a 49-year-old company director allegedly struck a 47-year-old man about the side of the head with a coffee cup, causing two deep cuts that needed stitches. He was charged with assault with intent to injure and was granted bail to reappear in the Blenheim District Court on January 30.
Earlier on Friday, a 15-year-old male student and two women, aged 32 and 24, were arrested for shoplifting clothing from Farmers in separate incidents.
Christmas Day ended badly for a Blenheim couple when a 27-year-old unemployed female was charged with assault after she allegedly punched her partner, a 46-year-old male contractor. He was also arrested for assault after he allegedly headbutted her.
On Boxing Day, Picton police arrested a 19-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy for assault with intent to injure after an incident in High St, Picton, about 10pm. And on Tuesday, a 52-year-old mussel opener from Havelock was arrested for assaulting a woman about 7.20pm after a domestic callout in Havelock.
- The Marlborough Express
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