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Page 12 - Trial Week 1 2006

 




Newstalk ZB
March 14 2006; 12:12

Rickards opts for civvies

Suspended Assistant Commissioner Clint Rickards has chosen not to wear his police uniform during day two of trial

Clint Rickards has been back in court this morning on day two of his rape trial - but he is not wearing his police uniform.

The suspended Assistant Commissioner arrived wearing a dark suit.

Yesterday he appeared in full police uniform, an action that earned him a reprimand from national headquarters.

Suspended officers are not allowed to wear their uniform.

Rickards and co-accused Bob Schollum and Brad Shipton face 20 charges of abusing Rotorua woman Louise Nicholas while she was still a teenager.