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February 12, 2004

Another sex complaint against cops

Two policemen accused of rape are now at the centre of allegations from another woman.

Louise Nicholas said she was raped by three policemen in the 1980s - including Bob Schollum and Brad Shipton.

Now another woman, who wants to remain anonymous, says Schollum had sex with her while fellow officer Shipton watched.

She said she was a teenage schoolgirl on work experience with police in the 1980s when the incident occurred. She has now lodged a formal complaint with police.

The woman, who was around 16-years-old at the time, has sworn a detailed affidavit that Schollum seduced her.

"I went to do some work experience with the police. I wanted to be a policewoman and through the school we were put in touch with certain people for our chosen career. I would go out with the police on a night shift. I think I went three, maybe four times," she wrote.

The woman, now in her mid-30s, claims Schollum invited her to go out on patrol but then seduced her in a police house.

She said Shipton walked in the room and said he was going to join in. The woman said Shipton watched them have sex for a while and then left the room.

"I told them I wanted to leave while I was still in the bedroom and they sort of tried to talk to me about what happened and not to say anything to anybody," she said.

Now police are considering whether to include her complaint in their investigations.