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The head of New Plymouth CIB is
urging the seven victims of alleged drug rapes to come forward. So far just one of the women has
complained to police. Detective Senior Sergeant Grant
Coward said Taranaki police were very concerned about the alleged drug rapes.
Mr Coward said while the Hawera
CIB were investigating an alleged rape from last weekend, he said it was too
early to say if it was drug rape. In less than one week seven women,
aged 19 to 38, reported to local rape crisis centres of being drugged and
raped in Taranaki. All the women had been at pubs or
hotels with a group of friends on either Thursday, Friday or Saturday night
in Stratford or New Plymouth. The women woke up in unfamiliar
surroundings after allegedly being subjected to often brutal attacks.
However, Mr Coward rejected the possibility that it could be a gang of men at
work attacking women. Mr Coward encouraged victims to
come forward.New Plymouth Safer Centre spokeswoman Lorraine Jans said one of the
victims complained to police and two women provided samples to their doctors
in a bid to find out what they had been drugged with. She says the women are all
traumatised and shocked about what has happened to them but also felt
encouraged by the fact they weren't alone. |
