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This page last updated June 28 2006
38-year-old woman – December - Gisborne
A woman
was ordered to pay $500 to police who wasted time investigating false
complaints she made about her ex-husband, Gisborne District Court heard
2004-1230 - Gisborne Herald
- False complaint wasted time
Woman
– December - Christchurch
Woman
cried wolf, and found herself in the Christchurch District Court after making
one false complaint too many to police. The court had to do what it could to
stop false complaints, Judge David Holderness told her
2004-1222 - The Press - Woman
'cried wolf'
21-year-old woman – November - Christchurch
Woman admitted bombarding police with false complaints of
being raped. She had already made repeated complaints leading to a trespass
order forbidding her from going into the Christchurch central police station. The prosecutor told the court that she was
“infatuated with the police”.
2004-1115 - The Press -
Woman admits barrage of false complaints to police
2004-1112 - The Press
- Infatuation with police led to woman crying rape
55-year-old woman – October - Rotorua
A
Rotorua woman lied to police about being raped and kidnapped by her partner
to get revenge on him for seriously assaulting her. The 55-year-old, who has
interim name suppression, pleaded guilty to a charge of fabricating evidence
2004-1029 - NZ Herald
- Woman cries rape for revenge on abuse
2004-1028 - Stuff - Woman 'cried
rape' to get revenge on partner, Court told
Teenage girl – October - Christchurch
Police
have charged a teenage girl with making a false complaint, after she claimed
she was sexually assaulted in a Christchurch park
2004-1025
- Newstalk ZB - False assault charge for teenager
20-year-old woman – October - Bulls
Feilding
police now believe there was no truth to a rape complaint laid by a
20-year-old Bulls woman last week. She claimed she was hitchhiking just south
of Wanganui on October 12 when a man picked her up, refused to drop her off
in Bulls, took her to Levin and raped her before dropping her off in the town
centre. Detective Sergeant Kevin Anstis said the woman was yesterday arrested
for making a false rape complaint
2004-1023 - Manawatu
Standard - Woman charged with making false complaint
2004-1023 - Dominion Post
- False rape claim
Two 11-year-old girls – July – Christchurch
Claims
by two 11-year-old Christchurch girls that they were abducted on Thursday and
driven around for an hour are now believed to be false, police say
2004-0731 - The Press -
Girls' abduction claim false, say police
13-year-old girl– July – New Plymouth
A
13-year-old girl had been referred to Youth Aid after making a false
allegation of sexual assault, Detective Sergeant Greg Gray said yesterday.
The teenager said she had been attacked under New Plymouth's Te Henui bridge
at Northgate
2004-0728 - Daily News -
Girl makes false sex claim
2004-0724 - Daily News - Police
probe sex attack
17-year-old man – July – Nelson
Nelson
police say allegations that a young man was kidnapped and assaulted in the
city last weekend are false………the youth had a “number of issues'' and would
not be charged with laying a false complaint
2004-0714 - Nelson Mail -
Kidnapping story was false
43-year-old woman – July – Waikato
A
Waikato woman was remanded on bail yesterday when she appeared in the Hamilton
District Court on two charges of making false sex allegations…The woman, 43,
has been charged with making false claims of rape and sexual violation in
April.
2004-0710 - The Press -
False-claim case
2004-0710 - Dominion Post -
False claims alleged
2004-0709 - Stuff - Woman charged
over false sex allegations
2004-0709 - NZ Herald - Woman
charged over alleged false sex claims
68-year-old man – July – Timaru
A
South Canterbury man has been charged with making a false complaint in
relation to an alleged home invasion last month
2004-0701 - Timaru
Herald - Charged with false complaint
20-year-old man – July – Hastings
A need
to "disappear from circulation" because of gambling and work
problems caused a Hastings man to fake his own kidnapping, a court has been
told
2004-0701 - Stuff - Man who faked
kidnap to pay $3000 reparations
15-year-old girl – April – Motueka
Motueka
police have made no arrests and are no longer seeking anyone in relation to
an alleged rape in the town. But Detective John Nicholls said police were not
treating the case as a false complaint at this stage
2004-0430 - Nelson Mail - Rape
inquiry scaled down
59-year-old man guilty – June –Nelson.
Man convicted of indecent assault of his two daughters
20-30 years ago. Man continues to protest innocence, and supported by his
wife and stepdaughter.
2004-0619 - Nelson Mail - Man
given five years' jail for indecent assault
17-year-old woman – May – Christchurch
Woman laid a complaint saying she was sexually assaulted
while fetching a rugby ball from bushes in the school grounds on Saturday May
8. However Detective Sergeant William McIvor says after extensive enquiries
they believe it was a false complaint and the matter has been referred to
legal services. He says staff will assess whether charges will be laid
against the woman.
2004-0521 - Newstalk ZB
- Rape complaint false
12-year-old girl – March – Ohai
A jury in the Invercargill District Court last night found
a 34-year-old man had not indecently assaulted or sexually violated a girl at
his home.
2004-0318 - Southland Times
- Jury finds man not guilty of sexual violation of young girl
2004-0316 - Southland
Times - Girl sex abuse claims denied
Louise Nicholas – March – Rotorua
Fresh revelations about the background of Louise
Nicholas's pack- rape allegations against the police (refer Rickards/Nicholas Police
Investigations) show she has previously admitted making up a rape
complaint. Under cross-examination in a trial in 1994, Nicholas admitted
telling a teacher that she had been raped by a group of Maori youths out
riding their horses. "I don't know why I had said that. Obviously I did
but I have never been raped by any Maori on horseback."
2004-0304 - The Press - Judge
lambasted detective
21-year-old woman – March – Dunedin
Student told police she was raped when she stopped to
adjust her shoe while walking through the university early last Friday. Police will now not take the matter
further, after the woman decided she did not want to proceed with the case.
The police say they had no evidence to suggest the woman had made a false
complaint. She had simply decided she did not want to take the matter
further, after being informed of what would be involved.
2004-0304 - Stuff - Woman
not proceeding with rape complaint
2004-0228 - Otago Daily Times -
Student's claim of rape investigated
Conviction quashed – March – Dunedin
A Dunedin doctor's convictions for indecently assaulting
two female patients have been quashed by the Court of Appeal and a new trial
ordered. Jean Dominique Peyroux (66) was convicted last year of indecently
assaulting a 34-year-old patient and another, aged 82, in his Roslyn
consulting rooms.
2004-0303 - Otago Daily Times - Doctor has
convictions quashed
32-year-old woman – March – Cambridge
A 32-year-old Cambridge woman, who claimed she fought off
a man who tried to rape her at knifepoint last month, has been charged with
making a false rape complaint
2004-0304 - NZ Herald - Woman
charged with making false rape claim
23-year-old woman - February –
Christchurch
Sentenced to 100 hours community work after admitting
making a false allegation of rape. A young woman who made a false allegation
of rape appeared to be living a life of fantasy, a court was told. Judge commented "You, overall, appear
to be leading a life of fantasy…..It is attention-seeking behaviour which on
this occasion led to serious repercussions."
2004-0205 - The Press - False rape
allegation 'attention seeking'
Woman – February – Hutt City
Camera catches out false rape complaint! A woman claimed
she'd been sitting in a bus shelter when a man dragged her away and attacked
her. When presented with the camera proof that she was not there when she
said she was, the woman admitted she had made the story up to get attention.
2004-0203 - Hutt News - Camera
catches out false rape complaint
14-year-old girl – January – Palmerston North
Jury Undecided. 14
year old made allegations against stepfather aged 34. Jury could not reach
agreement.
2004-0130 - Evening
Standard - Jury fails to reach verdict on sex charges
23-year-old woman – January – Christchurch
Woman who made a 13-page written statement to police claiming
she had been raped has admitted the statement was made up.
2004-0120 - The Press -
Woman admits making false rape statement
17-year-old woman – January – Palmerston North
Woman arrested after admitting making a false complaint of
rape on Sunday. The police spent a day and a half investigating the
complaint.
2004-0113 – Evening
Standard - Woman made false claim
2004-0113 – Dominion
Post - False rape complaints cost millions
39-year-old man – January – Christchurch
A man who lied about being repeatedly molested by priests
at a St John of God school in the 1970s has been told he has made life more
difficult for genuine victims.
2004-0113 – The Press - Man guilty
of false claim against priests
2004-0113 - NZ Herald - False
complaints rapped
2004-0113 - Newstalk ZB -
Sentencing after false sex abuse complaints
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