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Allegations
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NZ Herald A jury took just an
hour today to acquit a 47-year-old man of sexually assaulting a schoolboy in Auckland
over 20 years ago. The man, a company
director with interim name suppression, had been charged with indecently
assaulting the boy, committing an indecent act, and sodomy between January
1983 and March 1984 in Auckland. After two days of
evidence at the High Court in Wellington, the jury today retired to consider
their verdict and returned just an hour later, saying the man was not guilty
on all three counts. The jury was so speedy
that one of the Crown prosecutors could not make it back to the court in time
to hear the verdict. Sounds of relief came
from the man's supporters and when Justice Alan MacKenzie told him he was
free to go, he left the dock quickly with tears in his eyes to join them. |
