Otago Daily Times
February 13, 2004
Pack rape inquiry widened after further sex allegation
by Gail Goodger
The criminal
investigation into the alleged pack rape of a woman in Rotorua by three
policemen in 1986 is being widened to include another sexual allegation against
two of the men.
A woman had contacted police yesterday saying she wanted to discuss an incident
which happened while she was a schoolgirl on work experience in the 1980s, the
head of the investigation, southern police district commander Superintendent
Nick Perry, confirmed last night. A police officer had spoken to her and she
would probably be formally interviewed today.
The police were still working through the timing of the alleged incident and
exactly how old the complainant was at the time, he said when contacted in
It would be investigated in conjunction with the pack-rape complaint.
Louise Nicholas has alleged she was pack-raped and violated with a police baton
by three police officers - including
The two other men involved in the allegations, Tauranga city councillor Brad
Shipton and Napier car dealer Bob Schollum, have since
left the force.
All three men have vigorously denied the allegations.
On One News last night, parts of a second woman's sworn affidavit, saying she
had sex with Mr Schollum while his fellow officer Mr Shipton watched, were read
on air.
She was a schoolgirl on work experience with the police at the time and aged
about 16, the woman's affidavit said.
"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."
The woman, now in her mid-30s, claimed Mr Schollum invited her to go on patrol
but then seduced her in a police house. Mr Shipton allegedly walked into the
room and said he was going to join in. He allegedly watched them have sex for a
while then left.
"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," the woman said in her affidavit.