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This page last updated March 26
2005
2005-0326 - Dominion Post
- Rickards stays on full pay
by Haydon Dewes - Assistant Police Commissioner Clint Rickards will continue
to receive a full pay cheque till criminal proceedings against him – which
could take years – conclude. He has been receiving his full annual salary,
estimated to be about $200,000, since being stood down on full pay in
February last year
2005-0326 - Dominion Post
- Police inquiry seeks safe way forward
by Haydon Dewes - The commission of inquiry into police conduct has scheduled
a special hearing to try to find a way of proceeding without contaminating
criminal proceedings. The commission,
set up in response to allegations by Louise Nicholas and Judith Garrett, met
on Thursday to decide whether it could continue
2005-0320 - Sunday Star Times -
Partners standing by charged cops
by Rachel Grunwell - The partners of a top policeman and two former officers
facing criminal charges are standing by their men - and one is writing a book
about the case. ……….Among the trio's supporters are Schollum's wife Caron,
Shipton's wife Sharon and Rickards' partner Tania Eden. None of the three
wanted to speak, but a source said they were staunchly supporting their men.
The women said there was another side to the men's stories and they believed
their partners were innocent.
2005-0319 - NZ Herald - Jurors
can see through big-case publicity says judge
by Eugene Bingham - A direction from a trial judge warning jurors to ignore
pre-trial publicity would be a "powerful tool" in ensuring that
they focused on the evidence before them rather than anything else they may
have seen or read, a key court ruling has found. ….The issue of whether
pre-trial publicity could affect a trial was raised this week when a policeman
and two former officers were charged with historical offences involving
Rotorua woman Louise Nicholas
2005-0318 - Dominion Post -
Police pair seek to have case dropped
by Haydon Dewes - A courtroom battle is looming to have charges dropped
against two former policemen jointly charged with Assistant Police
Commissioner Clint Rickards over alleged historic offences. And the future of
a commission of inquiry into police conduct is in question as a result of the
charges, with commissioners Bruce Robertson and Dame Margaret Bazley deciding
next week whether it should be disbanded.
2005-0317 - Bay of Plenty
Times - Brad Shipton faces charges
Former detective and city councillor Brad Shipton faces charges for offences
alleged to have happened almost 20 years ago involving Rotorua woman Louise
Nicholas.
2005-0317 - Hawkes Bay Today
- Former HB policeman appears in court
by Eva Bradley - The lawyer for the former Napier policeman facing charges
over historic offences committed against Rotorua woman Louise Nicholas may
apply to have the case thrown out. Robert
Francis Schollum, 52, appeared in the Tauranga District Court yesterday
alongside former colleague and co-accused Bradley Keith Shipton, 46.
2005-0317 - Stuff - Lawyers may
ask for charges to be dismissed
NZPA - Lawyers for two former police officers facing historic charges say
they may apply to have their cases thrown out. Robert Francis Schollum, 52,
and Bradley Keith Shipton, 46, appeared yesterday in Tauranga District Court,
where all details of the charges were suppressed. But their lawyers said
today they feared their clients would not get a fair trial because of the
huge publicity the cases have already had.
2005-0317 - Otago Daily Times -
TopPoliceman.htm
NZPA - One of New Zealand’s highest ranking police officers and two former
policemen appeared in court yesterday on unspecified charges.
2005-0317 - Dominion Post
- Louise Nicholas inquiry reaches court
 by Haydon Dewes and Deborah Diaz -
Assistant Police Commissioner Clint Rickards and two former police colleagues
have been arrested and charged over offences alleged to have happened almost
20 years ago.
2005-0317 - NZ Herald - Top
policeman in the dock
by David Eames and Rosaleen Macbrayne - An investigation lasting more than a
year culminated yesterday in a court appearance by one of the country's
highest ranking police officers and two former policemen. Assistant
Commissioner Clinton John Rickards appeared in the Auckland District Court
over allegations made by a Rotorua woman, Louise Nicholas…….. Two co-accused,
former policemen Robert Francis Schollum, 52, and Bradley Keith Shipton, 46,
appeared in the Tauranga District Court.
2005-0317 - Newstalk ZB - Fair
trial questioned by lawyers
Lawyers for two of the three men charged over the Louise Nicholas allegations
have questioned whether their clients can receive a fair trial. …….Lawyers
for Schollum and Shipton say they are concerned about whether the pair can
receive a fair trial anywhere in New Zealand, given the publicity surrounding
the case
2005-0317 - One News - Cops
prepare to fight charges
The lawyers for two former police officers charged in relation to historical
offences are preparing to apply to have the charges struck out. Paul Mabey QC
and Bill Nabney say publicity surrounding the case of their clients Bob
Schollum and Brad Shipton mean they won't have a fair trial.
2005-0316 - One News - Top cop appears
in court
 Assistant police commissioner
Clint Rickards and two former officers have appeared in court in relation to
allegations made by Rotorua woman Louise Nicholas. Rickards has been charged
following a 12 month investigation by police in Wellington and Rotorua ……………
Two former policemen, former Tauranga city councillor Brad Shipton and Napier
car dealer Bob Schollum, appeared in court in Tauranga on related charges.
However, all details of the charges, including their number and nature, were
suppressed for all three men
2005-0316 (4:45pm)- NZ
Herald - Assistant police commissioner appears in court
Herald Staff - Assistant
police commissioner Clinton John Rickards appeared in Auckland District Court
today in relation to allegations made by Rotorua woman Louise Nicholas.
Rickard's alleged co-offenders, former policemen Bob Schollum and Brad
Shipton, also appeared today in Tauranga District Court. However, all details
of the charges, including their number and nature, were suppressed for all
three men
2005-0316 (2:30pm)- NZ Herald
- Three arrested after probe into 1980s sex offences
NZPA - Three men were today arrested over historical sexual offences against
two women in Rotorua in the early 1980s. The three men will appear in court
in Auckland and Tauranga this afternoon, police said in a statement.
Detective Superintendent Nick Perry said the arrests followed over a year of
investigations by Wellington and Rotorua police.
2005-0316 (1:00pm)- NZ Police -
Three arrests for historical sexual offences
Police arrested three men today for historical sexual offences against two
women in Rotorua in the early 1980s. The alleged offenders will appear in the
Auckland and Tauranga District courts this afternoon
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