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Allegations of Sexual
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An Auckland woman who claimed
she'd been abducted in Newmarket this morning, has now changed her story. The 18-year-old told police that
three north African men hit her over the head, and bundled her into a car
just after 10am. Police says the woman has since
told them she was not taken by force. Stuff An 18-year-old student who told
police she was taken by three North African men in central Auckland this
morning has admitted to police she was not abducted. The teenager said she was hit over
the head as she walked along Short St in the Newmarket shopping district at
about 10.15am and bundled into a car by the three men. She said she was driven across
town to Mt Albert where she escaped and called police from a nearby dairy at
11.40am. Auckland city crime squad
inspector Gavin MacDonald said the teenager had told the police that she was
not taken by force as originally stated. "The police are not looking
for anyone else in relation to this matter." Officers spent the day conducting
inquiries around the Short St area in the hope of locating witnesses or
surveillance footage in an effort to identify her alleged abductors. Radio NZ Police say a teenager who claimed
to have been abducted from Newmarket has revealed that she was not taken by
force. The 18-year-old student told
police she was assaulted by three men in Short Street on Wednesday, bundled
into a vehicle and driven to Phyllis Street Reserve in Mt Albert. The police say they are now not
looking for anyone else in relation to the incident. |
