Newstalk ZB
Monday, 24 May 2004 (c)
Rape complaint hearings delayed
The Commission of
Inquiry into police handling of rape complaints says next month's hearings are
now unlikely to go ahead.
The announcement was made at the end of today's hearing.
Inquiry head Justice Bruce Robertson says the commission needs more evidence
about how complaints against police officers were recorded, and how such
registers were maintained.
He says other information is also required and gathering that is likely to
extend beyond the hearing dates currently set down for next month.
Justice Robertson and fellow Commissioner Dame Margaret Bazley
will meet all parties for a chambers hearing tomorrow and an amended list of
dates will be notified after that.