A young woman staying at a city backpackers was attacked last night as she returned to her lodgings.
About 10pm the twenty year old was walking down Gloucester Street between Stanmore Road and Fitzgerald Ave when she noticed a male outside an address close to where she was heading. As she passed him he undid the zip on his pants exposed himself so she walked faster. As she tried to open the door to the backpackers he groped her from behind but ran off when she screamed.
He’s described as male, Caucasian, who spoke English with a kiwi accent, about 175cm tall, medium build with black hair with blonde streaks. He was wearing a black puffer jacket, jeans and is probably in his twenties.
Waikato Police are investigating links between an assault that took place at a Hamilton home earlier in the week and the disappearance of a City man.
Inquiry head, Detective Senior Sergeant Chris Page, of the Hamilton CIB said Police went to a Cobham Dr address on Friday after receiving information something was amiss.
“Subsequently a forensic examination of the property was completed which led us to believe a serious assault took place at the address.
“Our staff are still speaking to the occupants in an effort to establish what occurred and parallel to this investigators are endeavouring to locate a local man, Piki KINGI.”
Mr Page said the 38-year-old Maori male hadn’t been seen since the middle of last week. He is described as being of medium build, 190cm tall with shoulder length black hair.
“He was last seen about 11am on Wednesday 10 June at the Caltex service station in Hillcrest where he refuelled a burgundy 1992 Mazda MS6 liftback, registration number ACC958.
“We believe locating this car may hold the key to finding Mr KINGI and we want to hear from anyone who may have seen this vehicle.”
Mr Page stressed the investigation was still in its infancy and it was still too early to draw any conclusions regarding what had happened.
“At this stage we’re keeping an open mind into if the two incidents are linked and clarifying this issue is a major focus of the investigation team’s work.
“Forensic investigators are working with Police to establish if there are indeed any links however it would be fair to say that as time goes on our concerns for Mr KINGI’S wellbeing grow.”