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The Press
April 3, 2002
Woman fined over false complaint
A woman made a false complaint to police in order to get back at her partner,
the Christchurch District Court was told.
Sarah Marie Arps, 25, admitted making a false statement that assault had been
committed. Constable Chris White, prosecuting, said that on November 1 Arps
made a written statement she had been assaulted by her de facto partner. The
man was arrested soon after and charged with assault.
The matter was set down for a defended hearing, but Arps failed to turn up at
court, and later admitted she had made up the complaint in order to get back
at the man. Arps, who contended in her own defence that she had taken the
course that had been advised by police, was fined $250.
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