# Brendan Nugent named as driver arrested over alleged attack on Helen Haines

https://mins.news/en/item/107077

- The Guardian, 2026-10-20 01:12 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/20/brendan-nugent-driver-alleged-attack-helen-haines-ntwnfb

> Guardian Australia identified Brendan Nugent, 43, as the man accused of attacking Helen Haines. Police allege the Tarrawingee man, who was driving a Toyota LandCruiser, was arrested at the scene in Wangaratta. Nugent has long campaigned on forestry issues; environmental campaigners who worked with him expressed shock at his arrest.

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