Allegations of Abuse
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Police
have reopened the other historical rape case specifically cited for attention
by the Commission of Inquiry. They
are reinvestigating Kaitaia woman Judith Garrett's allegation she was raped
by a local police officer in 1988. Charges
were never laid against Constable Timothy Ogle, after Ms Garrett complained
he lured her into the Kaitaia police station one night and raped her. He was
discharged from the police, but no further action was taken. Ms
Garrett alleges a cover-up. She unsuccessfully went to the Her
daughter Katherine Sheffield was murdered in 1994, shortly after Ms Garrett
took the civil case over her rape complaint. Ms
Sheffield's murder is also being reinvestigated. Ms
Garrett and Rotorua complainant Louise Nicholas are specifically named in the
terms of reference for the Commission of Inquiry into police handling of rape
complaints. |