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Otago Daily Times Christchurch: A prominent
Canterbury man has been committed to the High Court for trial on allegations
of sexual abuse dating back up to 38 years. Christchurch District Court Judge
John Bisphan has ordered that almost blanket suppression on the case will
continue. The media is not permitted to
publish the man’s name, his age, and all references to his occupation or
business. Various other specified details and sections of evidence have also
been suppressed. Judge Bisphan heard depositions in
the case on January 29, but reserved his decision on a legal question
relating to the hearing. He gave that ruling yesterday and then
remanded the man on bail to a pre-trial conference in the High Court at
Christchurch on April 20. The woman is alleging that sexual
abuse took place from the time she was aged about 7, through to the age of
16. The man faces charges of sexual
violation, two of indecent assault on a girl aged under 12, one of indecent
assault on the same girl aged 12 to 16, and three charges of raping the girl
when she was aged 12 to 16. |
