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Police arrest man at New Brighton Beach

Christchurch Police have arrested a man in relation to indecent assaults at
New Brighton Beach this afternoon.

Police were notified at about 1:45pm that a man was behaving inappropriately
towards females at the beach and located the alleged offender nearby.

A 46-year-old man was taken into custody and is due to appear in the
Christchurch District Court tomorrow. He is facing three charges of indecent
assault and one charge of resists police.

Police are aware that there were a number of people in the area at the time,
and there may be other people who were approached by the man or witnessed his
behaviour.

We encourage anyone who has any information which may assist the
investigation to get in touch by calling Police on 105 and quoting file
number 211025/4455.

Police would like to reassure the public that these incidents are taken
extremely seriously and support is available for those impacted if required.

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