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A woman who sparked a manhunt
after claiming she was attacked by a hooded stranger has been accepted for
the police diversion scheme. In the Christchurch District Court
yesterday, the 47-year-old woman was remanded at large without plea by Judge
Murray Abbott after a not-guilty plea was vacated so she could complete
diversion. The woman faces a charge of making
a false statement to police that an offence of assault with intent to rob had
been committed. Police started a manhunt after the
woman claimed she was stabbed in the Styx Mill Reserve, in northern
Christchurch. They spent more than 2000 hours investigating the claims. The judge said that he would
continue interim name suppression until the case was next called on August
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