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One of the country's
top policemen will stand in the dock at the High Court in Auckland on Monday
and tell a jury he is not a rapist. Assistant commissioner
Clint Rickards is one of three men accused of numerous sexual abuse charges,
including the pack rape of Rotorua woman Louise Nicholas. Clinton John Tukotahi
Rickards, Bradley Keith Shipton and Robert Francis Schollum, have all denied
the charges and their trial in the High Court in Auckland has been scheduled
for three weeks. The three face charges
of rape, indecent assault and unlawful sexual connection dating back to 1986
when they were working as policemen in Rotorua. All three have strongly
denied the allegations with the lawyer for one saying it was "at best,
built on straw". A suppression order
prevents the publication of many details of the case. The trial will be
before New Zealand's chief high court judge, Justice Tony Randerson. |
