NZ Herald
August 9 2004
Ex-officer on sex charges given name suppression
NZPA
A former police officer has appeared
in the Whangarei District Court charged with rape and
other sex offences that are alleged to have happened more than a decade ago.
The man, who was granted name
suppression, is facing seven indictable charges, all relating to the same
woman, including four alleging rape.
The man is charged with four counts
of raping the woman on the same day more than a decade ago, three counts of sexually
violating her by unlawful sexual connection, and one count of assault.
Justices of the peace Faye Colthurst and Stuart McLaggan
granted the man name suppression and remanded him on bail to reappear in the
Auckland District Court in October for a pre-depositions hearing. The man was
excused from appearing in the court that day.
The man's lawyer, Peter Kaye, said
interim name suppression should be granted only until the next appearance to
allow him to tell family and friends of the charges.
The man now lives overseas.
Crown prosecutor Glen Marshall
agreed with the application for name suppression.
"We recognise
that at this stage in the proceedings it's in the interest of justice that this
interim name suppression is in place," he said.
Police Commissioner Rob Robinson
would not comment on the case as the matter was before the court.