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Allegations
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Assistant Police
Commissioner Clint Rickards and two former policemen have been committed for
trial on rape and indecent assault charges. Shortly before 4
o'clock in the Rotorua District Court, Judge Chris McGuire ruled Rickards and
his former colleagues Bob Schollum and Brad Shipton will stand trial on 20
charges relating to local woman Louise Nicholas. Mrs Nicholas alleges
Rickards and Shipton forced her to have sex and committed indecencies on her
over a period between 1985 and 1986, and that Schollum joined them in the
offending on one occasion. The trio say they had
consensual group sex with her, and deny the charges |
