Location:

Bay of Plenty

Police investigating an assault in Papamoa are seeking help from the public.

Detective Sergeant Sam Pritchard says a report was made on Sunday 21 September of the assault on Maranui Street a short time earlier.

“The female victim was walking along Maranui Street from the intersection of Coast Boulevard, west towards Bayfair, about 4:40pm,” he says.

“She has turned around upon reaching the retirement village at the intersection of Mangatawa Boulevard, and began walking back east along Maranui Street, on the oppose side of the road to the beach.