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Allegations
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A Dunedin man has been acquitted
of sexually assaulting his former partner at her home on Boxing Day, 2003. The jury hearing the
trial of Kelvin George Tomlinson (31), labourer, in the Dunedin District
Court reached its findings of not guilty after a retirement of just over three
and a-half yesterday afternoon. Tomlinson had pleaded
not guilty to charges of sexually violating the woman by raping her and
having unlawful sexual connection with her. The woman told the
court on Thursday that Tomlinson had arrived at her house asking for sex and
pushed her into her bedroom where he raped her. She denied suggestions
by the defence that she made up a false story to prevent Tomlinson having access
to his children. The jurors’ findings
were greeted by Tomlinson and his family with cries and tears of relief. |
