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Woman – December – Kaikohe
Police charge woman after false complaints of kidnap and rape. Police
detective Matt King said he is frustrated at the volume of false complaints
being laid by individuals for frivolous reasons.
2003-1216 - Northern News -
Police charge woman after false complaints of kidnap and rape
34-year-old woman – November – Mosgiel
A woman who
gambled all her rent money, so made up a story of being robbed and sexually
violated, was convicted and fined
2003-1111 - Otago Daily Times -
Fined for false claim
32-year-old woman – October – Dunedin
Woman tourist from
United States told police she was abducted from the city and raped. She admitted
that her complaint was untrue. She had claimed that a vehicle pulled in
behind her, the male driver grabbed her, blindfolded her, and raped in the
vehicle, and held captive.
2003-1025 - NZ Herald - False rape
claims worry police
2003-1023 - Stuff - Rape case a false
alarm - police
2003-1020 - Otago Daily Times - US
tourist abducted and raped
2003-1108 - Stuff - False rape
complaint ends in donation to victim support
2003-1108 - Otago Daily Times -
Woman who falsified rape claim convicted
16-year-old girl – October – Kawakawa
Girl told police that she was grabbed by two men, beaten and stabbed
up to 30 times by a pen-type instrument while walking to school. The said the
girl's allegations turned out to be false.
2003-1022 - Northern
Advocate - Teenager alleged to have made false stabbing complaint
12-year-old girl – October – New Plymouth
CIB Detective said recently a 12-year-old girl admitted making a false
rape complaint only after two police officers had spent a week investigating
the allegation..
2003-1013 - Daily News - Rise
in false rape complaints
19-year-old woman – October – Hamilton
Woman charged with making a false rape complaint. She had shared a
taxi journey, got into an argument about the bill and the woman walked away.
Police say that moments later she began talking to four men in another car.
She told them she had been raped by the passenger in the taxi. Two men from
the car then attacked the man, hitting him in the face twice with an iron
bar. The facial wound required several stitches.
2003-1003 - Waikato Times -
False rape charge to be heard
30+ year old woman – September – Taranaki
Woman accused man of rape 13
years ago. The man was acquitted.
2003-0912 - Daily News -
Not guilty verdict in affair-rape case
14-year-old girl – July – Levin
Girl accused father of rape. The father was acquitted after defence
counsel spoke of a "fundamental flaw" in the prosecution. The
complainant's mother's testimony that the family had been living away from
Levin when the second rape took place was at variance from that of the girl,
who said she had been living in Levin at the time. The mother's evidence
meant the second charge "simply cannot stand". The girl must have
been lying, he said.
2003-0731 - Evening Standard
- Man found not guilty of rape
5-year-old girl – July – Wellington
Two women were aged five and seven in 1988 and living with their
widower father when the younger told a friend her father had sexually abused
her. The friend told her mother who then contacted the authorities, which had
the girls interviewed by a psychologist. A social worker then got a court
order to remove the children from their father. In 2003 the women have won
Privy Council backing to sue the social worker and a psychologist for being
removed them from their father after the false allegations of sexual abuse.
2003-0728 - Dominion Post -
Women can sue, Privy Council says
32-year-old woman – July – Napier
Woman claimed balaclava-clad men broke into her home and cut her
across the chest with a knife. She later admitted she caused the cuts
herself.
2003-0705 - Otago Daily Times -
Reparation ordered over false complaint
24-year-old woman – July – Palmerston North
Woman remanded in custody to appear in Court on a charge of laying a
false complaint. The woman, who was found lying semi-conscious at the walkway
entrance to the Esplanade on Tuesday night, was interviewed by police about
an allegation of assault.
2003-0705 - Dominion Post -
False claim alleged
2003-0703 - Evening
Standard - Police charge complainant
2003-0703 - Dominion Post
- False complaint
34-year-old man – July – Christchurch
Man is one of 18
former boys from Marylands School who made sexual allegations against Bernard
Kevin McGrath, a former brother facing 32 sex charges. He alleged he had been
sexually abused by brothers while living at Marylands. He poured out his soul and shed
tears alongside the other men at support meetings. He admitted lying about being abused at Marylands, to get
money from St John of God. He said that the worst thing that actually
happened was that he got homesick occasionally. He was charged with making a
false complaint and obtaining a $95,000 "pastoral gesture" from St
John of God by a false pretence.
2003-0805 - The Press - Reports
may have affected trial
2003-0722 - The Press - Case waits
on police files disclosure
2003-0704 - The Press - Bogus
sex-complainant in hiding
2003-0703 - Otago Daily Times -
Alleged sex-abuse victim charged
2003-0703 - NZ Herald - New twist
in sex case
2003-0703 - The Press -
Complainant admits lie
11-year-old girl – May – Nelson
Girl falsely claimed a man tried to abduct her on the way to school.
Police asked for the public's help on Monday after the girl reported she was
walking when the man pulled up in a vehicle beside her. She said the man
opened the passenger door and tried to pull her inside the car, grabbing her
left forearm and jersey, but she was able to break free and run away.
Detective Pat Nally said he had received a call from the family today telling
him the girl's story was untrue.
2003-0522 - Nelson Mail -
Girl's abduction claim false
16-year-old girl – May – Motueka
Girl claimed she had been raped by two men over the weekend. She
claimed she had been dragged into bushes by two men near a skating rink; one
of the men had stripped her naked and held her down while the other man raped
her. After being reinterviewed by police she admitted she had made up the
story.
2003-0522 - Nelson Mail -
Girl's abduction claim false
2003-0521 - Nelson Mail -
Police seek $3000 over teen's false rape claim
18-year-old woman – April – Porirua
Woman told police a
former Olympic boxer had repeatedly raped her since she was a child, as well
as sodomising her. Police withdrew charges after it was discovered the
18-year-old had falsely accused someone else in 1999. The Police said the
supposed victim had made a convincing case before changing her story. The
judge dismissed charges of indecent assault, rape and unlawful sexual connection.
The accused had spent more than two months in prison accused by his young
female relative. His defence lawyer said the impact of the false allegations
had been enormous. Rape Crisis
responded to reports of the false complaint with outrage of "bias",
2003-0424 - Dominion Post -
Rape Crisis responds
2003-0414 - Dominion Post -
Fiso's false accuser convincing say police
2003-0409 - Dominion Post
- Falsely accused man walks free
22-year-old woman – March – Mosgiel
Woman arrested and charged with making a false complaint, after
claiming she was sexually assaulted in the town on Monday night. As a result
of inquiries, the woman was arrested yesterday.
2003-0320 - Otago Daily Times -
FalseComplaintChargeLaid.htm
35-year-old woman – March – Tauranga
Woman arrested for false
complaint. She claimed a man had stepped in front of her car when she was
driving to work shortly before 10pm. As she stopped, two other men wrenched
open the door and threatened her with a knife.
2003-0320 - NZ Herald - Third
arrest for false complaint
36-year-old woman – March – Tauranga
Woman charged with false
complaint. She had reported being grabbed from behind in the hospital
carpark.
2003-0320 - NZ Herald - Third
arrest for false complaint
2003-0318 - Dominion Post -
NurseCharged,
2003-0317 - NZ Herald - Nurse
charged with 'false complaint'
42-year-old woman – March – Gate Pa
Woman arrested for false
complaint. She has been accused of
lying about a late-night assault on her doorstep.
2003-0320 - NZ Herald - Third
arrest for false complaint
2003-0317 - NZ Herald - Nurse
charged with 'false complaint'
20-year-old woman – March – Christchurch
Australian woman admitted the charge of making a false rape complaint
to a Lyttelton policeman. Since her arrival in New Zealand in December to join
her parents, who now live here, the woman had made allegations of sexual
assaults to various agencies, including the police. She was fined
$750.00
2003-0308 - The Press - Rape
complaint false
13-year-old girl – March – Dunedin
Girl initially reported to police she had been dragged from a party in
Westgate Rd,
and raped by at least three people. . The girl later withdrew her complaint,
saying the events didn't occur the way she initially indicated. Because of
her age she was referred to the police youth aid section.
2003-0308 - Otago Daily Times -
Teenager's rape complaint proves false
16-year-old girl – January – Nelson
Girl complained she had been sexually violated after becoming
separated from her friends after New Year's Eve. The girl was later
interviewed and the rape complaint withdrawn. The girl was would not be
charged with making a false complaint .
2003-0108 - Nelson Mail - Police
close rape inquiry ,
2003-0108 - Marlborough
Express - No charges after rape complaint, say police
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