This is what someone said on an email discussion group:
‘So this is what it has come down to – a father charged with assault for flicking his kid’s ear!
Meanwhile no-one is held responsible for the deaths of the Kahui twins.
Is this the sort of country we want New Zealand to be?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10528277&ref=rss
Man to face trial over alleged ‘ear flicking’
2:44PM Thursday August 21, 2008
The Christchurch man accused of assaulting his two young sons will face trial.
In January, Jimmy Mason claimed he was harassed by the police when he was spotted publicly disciplining his four-year-old son.
He claims he only flicked the boy’s ear and that witnesses, including a teacher and an off-duty police officer, overreacted.
Mason was then charged with assaulting both his two sons, aged two and four.
A short depositions hearing took place in the Christchurch District Court this morning at which all the evidence was presented in written form. The media was not permitted to access the evidence.
Four witnesses will give evidence in Mason’s trial, for which a date is yet to be set.
– NEWSTALK ZB
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