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Three News Taupo police are furious they
wasted time and resources investigating a false claim by a 13-year-old girl
that she was abducted from her home last month. The girl said she was forced by
three men into a waiting vehicle from outside her Terence Street home about
9.30am on January 7. She told police she managed to
escape her captors. Detective Rick Bagley said as a
result of a lengthy investigation police had established the complaint was
false. The girl would be referred to the
Youth Aid section. "False complaints and
especially false complaints of this nature are resource and time
consuming," Mr Bagley said. "It is the genuine victims of
crime who are affected by false complaints as there are only limited police
resources." Newstalk ZB A 13 year-old's claim she had been
abducted from her Taupo home last month have turned out to be false. The girl told police she was
forced from her home in Terrence Street and into a waiting car, but managed
to escape from her attackers. Police say they have established
her complaint was false, following a lengthy investigation. The girl has been referred to
Youth Aid. Stuff Taupo police are furious they
wasted time and resources investigating a false claim by a 13-year-old girl
that she was abducted from her home last month. The girl said she was forced by
three men into a waiting vehicle from outside her Terence Street home about
9.30am on January 7. She told police she managed to
escape her captors. Detective Rick Bagley said as a
result of a lengthy investigation police had established the complaint was
false. The girl would be referred to the
Youth Aid section. "False complaints and
especially false complaints of this nature are resource and time
consuming," Mr Bagley said. "It is the genuine victims of
crime who are affected by false complaints as there are only limited police
resources." NZ Herald Taupo police are furious they
wasted time and resources investigating a false claim by a 13-year-old girl
that she was abducted from her home last month. The girl said she was forced by
three men into a waiting vehicle from outside her Terence Street home about
9.30am on January 7. She told police she managed to
escape her captors. Detective Rick Bagley said as a
result of a lengthy investigation police had established the complaint was
false. The girl would be referred to the
Youth Aid section. "False complaints and
especially false complaints of this nature are resource and time
consuming," Mr Bagley said. "It is the genuine victims of
crime who are affected by false complaints as there are only limited police
resources." |
