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The officer who first
investigated complaints against police by Rotorua woman Louise Nicholas, is
accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice. Former senior detective
John Dewar appeared in the Hamilton District Court today on four counts of
attempting to obstruct, pervert or defeat the course of justice. Assistant Commissioner
Clint Rickards and former policemen Bob Schollum and Brad Shipton have been
charged over the Louise Nicholas matter. Dewar, who was chief
inspector of the Rotorua CIB when Mrs Nicholas went to police in 1993,
allegedly told her not to make a complaint. A subsequent Police
Complaints Authority investigation into Dewar's handling of the case cleared
him of any crime or disciplinary offence, but said he showed lack of judgement
and competence. |
