Newstalk ZB
October 8 2004

Police officer faces sex charges

A former police officer has been charged in the Auckland District Court with rape and other sex offences dating back 16 years.

The 45-year-old, who has name suppression, faces seven indictable charges relating to allegations made by a Northland woman.

The complainant alleges she was raped at a Northland police station in March 1988.

She complained at the time, but a police sergeant failed to take a statement or notes.

Her alleged attacker was never charged, but was later discharged from the force.

The woman unsuccessfully sued the Attorney General in 1994.

The case was reopened as part of the Commission of Inquiry into sex allegations against several police officers.

The accused was remanded on bail until March for a depositions hearing.