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updated March 16 2005
2005-0215 - Dominion Post -
Hawkins slams leak
Police Minister George Hawkins has told Police Commissioner Rob Robinson a
witness statement from a former flatmate of Rotorua woman Louise Nicholas
should never have been leaked.
2005-0215 - NZ Herald - Sex
case leaks upset Police Minister
NZPA - Police Minister George Hawkins is concerned that statements given to
an inquiry into an alleged pack-rape are being leaked. The Sunday Star-Times
has reported it obtained the statement of a woman who flatted with Louise
Nicholas about the time she claims three policemen pack-raped her. The
statements says the flatmate witnessed consensual sex between Nicholas and
two of the men - and sometimes joined in. While the flatmate has already made
the comments to another newspaper, a spokesman for Mr Hawkins said the
statement should not have been leaked
 2005-0213 - Sunday Star Times -
Flatmate describes consensual sex
by Rachel Grunwell and Miriyana Alexander - A woman who flatted with Louise
Nicholas around the time she alleges three policemen pack-raped her says she
witnessed consensual sex between Nicholas and two of the men - and sometimes
joined in. The woman said she and Nicholas had sex with two of the men
several times, but she does not recall seeing Nicholas upset afterwards. She
believes Nicholas would have told her if she had been raped, but she did not.
Louise Nicholas
2005-0208 - Dominion Post -
Slap on wrist for bad cops
by Nikki MacDonald -
Forty-seven police staff were disciplined last year for misconduct ranging
from firearms offences to an improper relationship with a criminal. Four were
sacked for their offences, raising questions about the force's supposed hard
line. In a year when public faith in police took a severe battering after
rape allegations involving Auckland's top officer, Police Commissioner Rob
Robinson promised a tough approach to misconduct.
2005-0208 - Dominion Post
- Police conduct inquiry extended
by Haydon Dewes - The
commission of inquiry into police conduct has asked for a second time
extension because of a prolonged police investigation. The commission,
established last February in response to claims of police rape and cover-ups
made by Louise Nicholas and Judith Garrett, has been on hold since last
August.
2005-0208 - Daily News - More time
sought for probe into rape claims
by Haydon Dewes - The
commission of inquiry into police conduct has been forced to ask for a second
extension because of a prolonged police investigation. The commission,
established last February in response to claims of police rape and cover-ups
made by Louise Nicholas and Judith Garrett, has been on hold since last
August.
2005-0207 - Stuff - Police
commission of inquiry remains adjourned
NZPA - The commission
of inquiry into police conduct sparked by the rape allegations of two women
will stay on hold until police investigations of the cases have finished. The
commission issued a statement today that said it would remain adjourned until
all claims by Rotorua woman Louise Nicholas and Kaitaia woman Judith Garrett
were investigated and "issues are totally in the hands of the
prosecuting authorities".
2005-0206 - Sunday Star Times - 'I
have nothing to hide,' says accused cop
by Tony Wall - A Bay
of Plenty police officer accused of sexually violating a colleague's
girlfriend believes he is a victim of police efforts to be "whiter than
white" in the aftermath of the Louise Nicholas rape allegations.
Constable Glenn Wilson, 37, is accused of sexually violating a woman - the
girlfriend of a close friend - at a New Year's Eve party in Tauranga. He
denies the allegation and says it was consensual.
2005-0206 - NZ Herald -
Police officer facing sex violation inquiry
NZPA - An inquiry has
been launched into allegations a woman was sexually violated by an off-duty
police officer at a party in Mount Maunganui - the latest of several cases to
rock the force. Western Bay of Plenty police area commander, Inspector Murray
Lewis, confirmed an investigation was being led by Rotorua-based detective
inspector Garth Bryan into a complaint of sexual violation against a Tauranga
officer.
2005-0117 - NZ Herald - Sex
inquiry nears end
NZPA - Police
investigations into pack-rape allegations by former Rotorua woman Louise
Nicholas against three current and former officers are in their final stages.
The
Dominion Post has reported that Crown Law solicitors are expected to make
their recommendations on charges within a fortnight.
2005-0116 - Sunday Star Times -
Nicholas rape inquiry tops $6m
by Rachel Grunwell - A
police investigation and commission of inquiry into historic rape allegations
is set to be the most expensive criminal inquiry in history. It is a year
this month since assistant police commissioner Clint Rickards and former
policemen Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum were accused of raping Rotorua woman
Louise Nicholas in 1986. The men deny the allegations.
2005-0115 - Dominion Post -
Why the wait is so necessary
Editorial - It is
nearly a year since The Dominion Post first published the story of Louise
Nicholas. Her allegations, her name and her face are now familiar to many
people, not because she personally wanted the publicity -- she did not -- but
because she wanted justice, and felt all her previous attempts to find it had
failed. Her claims that she was raped at a Rotorua house nearly 20 years ago
when she was a teenager, by three men who were then serving police officers,
were explosive.
2005-0115 - Dominion Post
- Decision close on police rape claims
By Haydon Dewes -
Police are on the brink of deciding whether to lay criminal charges against
three men accused of raping Louise Nicholas while serving as police officers.
They have also, for the first time, released details showing the scale of
their complex investigation – dubbed Operation Austin – which has grown to
include complaints against others, and which has so far cost the taxpayer
$1.4 million.
Standing firm: Louise Nicholas says the wait while police
investigated her claims was frustrating. `For us it's not a matter of if,
it's a matter of when, but when has taken a hell of a long time to get here.'
(Kent Blechynden)
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