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A Rotorua woman lied to police
about being raped and kidnapped by her partner to get revenge on him for
seriously assaulting her, Rotorua District Court was told on Wednesday. The 55-year-old, who has interim
name suppression, pleaded guilty to a charge of fabricating evidence. The woman told police that between
April 23 and May 6 this year her de facto partner kidnapped her and held her
captive at a Rotorua house before taking her to a beach near Te Puke where
she claimed she was assaulted, raped and sexually violated. She was taken to She gave a comprehensive statement
to police and the man was committed to trial on a number of charges after a depositions
hearing. However, two months after the
depositions the woman signed an affidavit in the High Court at Rotorua saying
the rape and kidnapping allegations were false but everything else in the
statement was true. She said she lied to police to get
revenge on her de facto partner for seriously assaulting her. The woman's lawyer Harry Edward
asked for the woman's name to be suppressed. Judge Chris McGuire said he would
grant name suppression until Monday when the matter would be argued. He remanded
the woman on bail for sentencing on December 17. |
