Arrest made in pensioner bashing case

Published: 12:04PM Wednesday April 29, 2009 Source: Newstalk ZB

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A teenager has been charged with a brutal attack on a south Auckland pensioner.

Louis Watts was beaten up in his room at the Seventh Day Adventist Retirement Village in Wiri on April 8.

The 85 year-old received a broken cheek bone, broken nose, and a blood clot in his brain.

An 18-year-old will appear in the Manukau District Court on Thursday charged with burglary and aggravated wounding.

Police say the break through came on Wednesday following a phone call from a member of the public.

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