A prisoner of the Wellington Correctional Centre is facing charges of assaulting a guard and will face Wellington court in October.
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It is alleged he struck the guard in the bakery at the correctional centre on Sunday morning. The victim suffered a cut lip and abrasions.
The strike was with one punch and the charge is assault occasioning actual bodily harm and also includes a charge of striking a prison officer.