No witnesses — no charges

frightened even to get into a shower in case something happened to me.”

He wanted the police to charge the man with home invasion and assault, and could not understand why they had not done so.

“I feel like walking in front of a truck,” he said.

“I honestly don’t know if I’m going to survive this, but I’m not prepared to let it rest. “This isn’t finished.

“If talking to (the Northland Age) doesn’t help I’ll go to television.

“I just want him to be charged for what he did to me, but the police say it’s his word against mine. I don’t understand that, and I’m not going to accept it.” The officer in charge of police in Te Hiku, Senior Sergeant Russell Richards, said the matter had been taken seriously, and was investigated on the night.

The evidence had been reviewed by a police prosecutor.

“Due to the lack of any independent witness or evidence to support police in taking it to a prosecution, we are unable to put it before the courts,” he said.

“That said, if evidence does come to hand we are in a position to review that decision.”

Police took assault allegations seriously, he said, but prosecution guidelines, including evidential sufficiency, had to be followed.

Police would talk to Mr Radich, and refer him to services that would assist him.