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The Nelson Mail
January 8, 2003
Police close rape inquiry
Police are no longer looking for anyone in relation
to a rape complaint after New Year's Eve.
Detective Dave Prentice said police had been contacted by a man on the east
coast of the North Island in relation to a 16-year-old Marlborough girl's
allegations that she had been raped at the Tahuna Beach Holiday Park. No
charges would be laid, he said.
Police said many hours were spent investigating the allegation and the girl
was interviewed again this week after the man came forward. She would not be
charged with making a false complaint.
Police began an investigation when the girl complained she had been sexually
violated after becoming separated from her friends.
She had been at a Nelson house earlier in the night but had walked to the
camp about 9.30pm and
joined a crowd of about 700 people to watch a wet T-shirt competition.
She alleged she was then raped near the N and O blocks, an area called the
``bullring''.
Mr Prentice said during their investigation police had talked to about 30
campers in the park as well as receiving a number of calls from members of
the public.
He thanked everyone in the community who had helped.
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