A Ngaruawahia man has more than just fences to mend after a domestic dispute left him facing charges for an extremely high breath alcohol result and assault charges.
Public Safety Team supervisor, Sergeant Neil Mouncher of the Ngaruawahia Police said officers were called to an Albert Pl address about 7pm on Sunday after reports of a violent domestic dispute.
"A 29-year-old man's attempts to drive off in his Nissan Skyline car before Police arrived just made the situation worse. As he reversed down the drive he smashed through a fence and crashed into a neighbour's vehicle parked in the driveway of the property next door.
"As he was leaving he hit another neighbour's fence, and then attempted to flee Police as they arrived."
Mr Mouncher said during the period when Police observed the man's driving they saw him weaving across the road several times and witnessed him narrowly avoid a collision with an oncoming car as he turned on to Great South Rd.
"When stopped and breath tested, the man returned a result of 1045mgms, the legal limit for a fully licensed adult driver is 400mgms.
"If assaulting his female partner wasn't bad enough the man now faces charges of assault, driving with excess breath alcohol, dangerous driving and failing to stop. In addition there are the issues of damage to the two neighbours' fences and one neighbour's car to consider."
Mr Mouncher said there were a number of issues the man needed to address, first of all that violence towards women is not OK.
"Nor is it OK to cause such serious damage to innocent people's property because you level of intoxication means you simply cannot control your motor vehicle.
"Then there's the issue of placing your own life and that of other innocent road users at risk by trying to drive on the road while under the influence of so much alcohol, put simply this too is not OK."
People who find their domestic situation tense are urged not to resort to drinking but to tell someone about the issue, contact Police or seek assistance from the variety of organisations dedicated to reducing domestic violence.
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