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Police are furious a
woman faked a vicious sex attack on the shore of Lake Taupo, wasting a day of
their time and taxpayer money. The woman had phoned
111 in a distressed state about 4.40am yesterday, acting Detective Sergeant
Andy Allan, of Taupo police, said today. Police patrol cars were
immediately sent to look for the woman, who was found lying face down on a
beach, her body partially in the water. Her clothes were ripped
and she appeared to be unconscious, Mr Allan said. "There were
factors at the scene which indicated this woman had been the victim of a
vicious sexual attack." The woman was rushed by
ambulance to Taupo Hospital, and on the way told police she had been violated
by an unknown male. "After
investigating this matter for the entire day, it became apparent that there
were too many inconsistencies in her story and she was brought in for
re-interview," Mr Allan said in a statement. The woman admitted to
police that it was a hoax and she had made the scene look like a sex attack
had happened. "She had even gone
to the extent of creating drag marks in the sand and she ripped her own
clothing." Police were infuriated,
as staff had been called out at 5am and had dropped all other investigations,
he said. "Because of arsons
occurring in Rotorua, we couldn't get our police photography squad to attend,
so we had to employ a local photographer to take the scene photographs."
A police medical
practitioner had examined the woman and she had been hospitalised for some
time. "This is all at
the taxpayer's expense and totally a waste of everyone's time and
resources," Mr Allan said. A Taupo woman, 26, had been
charged with making a false complaint to police and was due to appear in
Taupo District Court on February 7. On Wednesday,
Wellington police said an alleged pack rape of a 15-year-old girl in the
suburb of Newtown last month did not happen. The pack rape
investigation had involved 25 police staff. |
