A 24-year-old man who allegedly used a taser to try to rob a dairy in Opawa was remanded in custody in the Christchurch District Court today.
Police allege Edward Paul Paterson tried to use the stun gun on the dairy owner, Kamlesh Patel. Patel was shielded by his leather jacket, but his wife, Neeta Patel, was zapped and suffered bruising down her arm.
Patel, his wife, and his daughter fought the masked man off, and followed him out of the dairy and noted his licence plate.
Police have charged Paterson with assault with a taser with intent to rob the Patels, possession of a cut-down single barrel shotgun, a pump action shotgun, ammunition, taser, knife, meat cleaver, axe, and a pipe for consuming methamphetamine.
Police had set up cordons in the area and stopped a vehicle on Tunnel Rd a short time later and arrested a man. They say they found weapons in the vehicle.
Defence counsel Andrew Bailey said Paterson was not applying for bail today, and Judge John MacDonald remanded him in custody to appear by video link from the Christchurch Men’s prison on August 15.
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