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Grandma attacked by motorist who 'tried to snap' her arm at popular beach carpark

Author
Joseph Los'e,
Publish Date
Fri, 9 Feb 2024, 12:19pm
Brenda Biddle went to Auckland City Hospital's Emergency Department after the incident, where her arm was put in a sling.
Brenda Biddle went to Auckland City Hospital's Emergency Department after the incident, where her arm was put in a sling.

Grandma attacked by motorist who 'tried to snap' her arm at popular beach carpark

Author
Joseph Los'e,
Publish Date
Fri, 9 Feb 2024, 12:19pm

A grandmother attacked in an Auckland beach carpark believed her alleged attacker had twisted her arm so fiercely, she feared it was broken.

Brenda Biddle was allegedly assaulted last Saturday as she, her daughter and moko were looking for a parking space at popular Mission Bay beach.

Police have appealed for anyone who has video of the incident to contact them.

Biddle had travelled to Auckland from T奴rangi to support her daughter and moko Miss Wiki, who was rushed to Starship Children鈥檚 Hospital for a blood transfusion.

鈥淎round 2.30pm Saturday, we were going to meet the wh膩nau of a girl Wiki had met in the cancer ward at Mission Bay Park for the kids to have a little play date,鈥� Brenda, 57, told the听Herald.

Brenda Biddle went to Auckland City Hospital's Emergency Department after the incident, where her arm was put in a sling.Brenda Biddle went to Auckland City Hospital's Emergency Department after the incident, where her arm was put in a sling.

鈥淲e were looking for a car park and this guy was standing in the middle of the road. He was trying to stop the traffic to get his car out.

鈥淲e thought we might abort the trip and go back to the hospital, but this guy wouldn鈥檛 move.鈥�

Biddle said her daughter yelled for the man to move so they could turn around.

鈥淢y daughter yelled at him to get the f*** out of the way, but as we went to drive past him, he reached in the driver鈥檚 window, grabbed my daughter鈥檚 arm and tried to snap it out the door,鈥� Biddle said.

Brenda Biddle's hand was swollen after the attack.Brenda Biddle's hand was swollen after the attack.

鈥淚 tried to scratch him to let her go, and get some DNA and because he was so muscly and hard, my fingernails just slid down his skin.

鈥淗e grabbed my hand and then let go. By then my daughter had enough and got out of the car. They were tussling and my daughter was on the ground and I got out of the car as well and tried to hit him with my jandal to let her go.

鈥淣ext minute, I鈥檓 pinned up to the hood of the car and he鈥檚 trying to snap my wrist and my arms and I was screaming, 鈥榊ou are snapping my arm鈥�. Only my daughter came in and there were a lot of people standing around and filming this.

Brenda Biddle had to go to the Emergency Department at Auckland City Hospital for treatment.Brenda Biddle had to go to the Emergency Department at Auckland City Hospital for treatment.

鈥淢y arms felt sore and I had to go to A&E. As well as deep bruising, I had been bitten. He had me in some sort of lock and I think he was into martial arts because he was fit as.

鈥淲e had come to Auckland from T奴rangi for my moko, who needed a blood transfusion. She鈥檚 had a liver transplant and cancer but Miss Wiki is a fighter. She had 11 holes in her bowel and is the first person to survive that. She was in the car when this all went down.鈥�

She said there were a lot of people watching and some videoing the incident.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 know why people didn鈥檛 jump in to help me.鈥�

She reported the incident to police the next day. The alleged attacker鈥檚 photo has been shared to a number of community groups and he was quickly identified.

Biddle said she has told her wh膩nau to let police do their job - and said this would never have happened in T奴rangi.

鈥淚t took my wh膩nau 24 hours to find him, so we will wait for police to do their job. I have said to my family, don鈥檛 do anything. Let police have their chance.鈥�

A police spokesperson confirmed Biddle had made a complaint.

鈥淧olice are making inquiries into a report of an assault in Mission Bay on Sunday, February 4,鈥� the spokesperson said.

鈥淭he incident, involving two people not previously known to each other, was reported to have occurred around 2.30pm in the Mission Bay car park.

鈥淚t is understood both people received minor injuries in relation to this incident.

鈥淧olice have spoken to both persons involved and will continue to engage with them as our inquiries progress.

鈥淎t this stage, no charges or arrests have been laid.

鈥淎s part of our inquiries, Police ask anyone who may have footage of the incident or information that may assist to please contact Police via our 105 phone service or online at听, using Update My Report.鈥�

Joseph Los鈥檈 is an award-winning journalist and joined 九一星空无限 in 2022 as Kaupapa M膩ori Editor. Los鈥檈 was a chief reporter and news director at the Sunday 九一星空无限 newspaper covering crime, justice and sport. He was also editor of the NZ Truth and prior to joining 九一星空无限 worked for urban M膩ori organisation Wh膩nau Waipareira.

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