Tonga's Cat
Two teenagers were recently sentenced to thirteen years in prison plus six lashes from it.
That sentence is under appeal.
The first trying to break up a fight between teen aged girls.
Number two in Whangerai, where a drunk driver stopped at a checkpoint bit off a police officers lip .
And the third in Oamaru in similar circumstances, in this case the occupants of the car attacked the officer when he arrested the driver for drink driving.
Inevitably tougher penalties will be called for but I doubt that penalties, no matter how tough, would have much deterrent affect on the low life who are responsible for these assaults.
Not even this ancient one recently revived in Tonga.