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Allegations
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Assistant Police
Commissioner Clint Rickards' defence case against historical rape allegations
opens in the High Court at Auckland this afternoon. The Crown has closed
its case after six-and-a-half days of evidence against the top policeman and
two former colleagues. Rickards and former
colleagues Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum are charged with raping and sexually
abusing Louise Nicholas when they were police in Rotorua in the mid-1980s.
They admit sex with Mrs Nicholas but say it was consensual. The jury is expected to
retire to consider its verdict next week. |
