Newstalk ZB
May 14 2004
Historical alleged police rape case reopened
Police have
reopened the other historical rape case specifically cited for attention by the
Commission of Inquiry.
They are reinvestigating Kaitaia woman Judith
Garrett's allegation she was raped by a local police officer in 1988.
Charges were never laid against Constable Timothy Ogle, after Ms Garrett
complained he lured her into the Kaitaia police
station one night and raped her. He was discharged from the police, but no
further action was taken.
Ms Garrett alleges a cover-up. She unsuccessfully went to the
Her daughter Katherine Sheffield was murdered in 1994, shortly after Ms Garrett
took the civil case over her rape complaint.
Ms Sheffield's murder is also being reinvestigated.
Ms Garrett and Rotorua complainant Louise Nicholas are specifically named in
the terms of reference for the Commission of Inquiry into police handling of
rape complaints.