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- Taranaki Hysteria December 2006 |
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Police today appealed to women who
have reported being drugged and raped in Taranaki in the past week to come
forward. Detective Senior Sergeant Grant
Coward said Taranaki police were "very concerned" about the seven
alleged drug rapes but had so far received no formal complaints. He understood why victims did not
always come forward, but he encouraged these women do so. The women complained to rape
crisis centres about the attacks after they had been to pubs with friends on
either Thursday, Friday or Saturday night in Stratford or New Plymouth. It was possible the seven were
only the tip of the iceberg, New Plymouth Safer Centre spokeswoman Lorraine
Jans, of New Plymouth, said. It was possible a gang of men could be behind
the attacks. Mr Coward said today that if the
victims came forward "we can, and will, investigate their complaints. "Even if they can't remember
what happened, we may be able to advance the investigation by other means,
including scene examinations and forensic testing." Mr Coward said Hawera police were
currently investigating a separate alleged rape from last weekend, but it was
too early to tell if it was drug rape. He advised women not to leave
drinks unattended, not to accept drinks from strangers and to look after each
other.
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