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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
An international student and a pizza driver, Shashi Sharma was beaten while he was on his way to deliver pizzas in Napier.
Sharma says that the accused, including two girls, showed no remorse. But he feels lucky that he escaped with just the upper cheekbone fracture and a gash to the back of his head, according to the media report by New Zealand Herald.
He says he was one more rock’s hit away from being killed during a robbery in Napier on Friday, January 22. "They did it for fun. (…) I could have been hit one more time and I would be dead,” the Domino's driver was quoted as saying. Sharma was unaware of the rock hit until police told him.
Sharma comes from Haryana, India and arrived to New Zealand in July last year for EIT postgraduate studies in Napier.
"But what's happened has happened," he was quoted as saying. "I can't change the course of that."
According to New Zealand Herald report, the attack took place as he went to a property in Milton Rd late on the night of January 22 with four pizzas worth $42. The attackers emerged from hiding in a driveway and he was struck on the head and one of the girls attempted to run him over with his own car, which was then stolen, along with his phone and the pizzas.
With the help of two people on the street Sharma managed to call the Police and an Ambulance.
The vehicle and phone were later recovered in Hastings. While the car was slightly damaged, all the data from the phone was deleted.
According to the latest updates the two boys and two girls, aged 16 and 17 and all from Hastings, were arrested as a result of the attack and are charged with aggravated robbery, which carries a maximum penalty of 14 years' jail.
The elder of the accused, a male and a female both aged 17, appeared in Hastings District Court yes, while the other two will appear in the Youth Court next month.
An international student and a pizza driver, Shashi Sharma was beaten while he was on his way to deliver pizzas in Napier.
Sharma says that the accused, including two girls, showed no remorse. But he feels lucky that he escaped with just the upper cheekbone fracture and a gash to the back of his...
An international student and a pizza driver, Shashi Sharma was beaten while he was on his way to deliver pizzas in Napier.
Sharma says that the accused, including two girls, showed no remorse. But he feels lucky that he escaped with just the upper cheekbone fracture and a gash to the back of his head, according to the media report by New Zealand Herald.
He says he was one more rock’s hit away from being killed during a robbery in Napier on Friday, January 22. "They did it for fun. (…) I could have been hit one more time and I would be dead,” the Domino's driver was quoted as saying. Sharma was unaware of the rock hit until police told him.
Sharma comes from Haryana, India and arrived to New Zealand in July last year for EIT postgraduate studies in Napier.
"But what's happened has happened," he was quoted as saying. "I can't change the course of that."
According to New Zealand Herald report, the attack took place as he went to a property in Milton Rd late on the night of January 22 with four pizzas worth $42. The attackers emerged from hiding in a driveway and he was struck on the head and one of the girls attempted to run him over with his own car, which was then stolen, along with his phone and the pizzas.
With the help of two people on the street Sharma managed to call the Police and an Ambulance.
The vehicle and phone were later recovered in Hastings. While the car was slightly damaged, all the data from the phone was deleted.
According to the latest updates the two boys and two girls, aged 16 and 17 and all from Hastings, were arrested as a result of the attack and are charged with aggravated robbery, which carries a maximum penalty of 14 years' jail.
The elder of the accused, a male and a female both aged 17, appeared in Hastings District Court yes, while the other two will appear in the Youth Court next month.
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