Newstalk ZB
March 8, 2004
Inquiry hears rape claims in a fortnight
Commission of
Inquiry set up to investigate how police handled rape allegations of 1980s has
public meeting March 22
The Commission of Inquiry into police handling of rape allegations will to
begin in two weeks.
Its first public meeting will be in
The inquiry was sparked after Rotorua woman Louise Nicholas raised concerns
that allegations she made that she was pack-raped in a Rotorua house in the
1980s when she was 18 were not properly investigated.
She alleges the men involved were policeman Clint Rickards and two former
officers, Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum.
Public notices are going into newspapers asking anyone who wants to make a
submission or become a party to the inquiry to register their interest.
They have until next Monday to do so.