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Allegations of Abuse
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The Far North woman who claims she
was raped by a former policeman has been told her injuries were inconsistent
with her story. The former officer stands accused
of rape, assault and sexual violation dating back to 1988. The woman has been
cross examined about the incident, where she says she was handcuffed, forced
into a police station and repeatedly raped. The woman claims she had the
handcuffs smacked on her wrists quickly, but defence lawyer Gary Gotlieb
demonstrated how cuffs are put on in court, and says they could not have been
put on in the way she described. He says the evidence shows she had
one small bruise on her right wrist, and if she has the cuffs on for more
than 40-minutes as she claims, they would have continued getting tighter and
her wrists would have been red raw. He says she asked to be cuffed
while having consensual sex. Mr Gotlieb says when the woman
spoke to police the day after the alleged rape in 1988, she said she said did
not try to fight his advances and called herself a flirt who may have led him
on. He says she told the policeman she was quite turned on by what happened
but still felt the accused used his authority as a police officer against
her. He says the woman was aware she was
not making an official complaint. The woman completely denies the
claims. Meanwhile, another woman who was
drinking with a former police officer the night he is alleged to have raped
the complainant says he made sexual advances towards her on the same night,
but she never felt threatened. The woman, who has name
suppression, says the man took her back to the police station before dropping
her home. She says he tried to kiss her and made it clear he wanted to have
sex, but she laughed off his advances and he left it at that. She says she felt in control of
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