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Clint Rickards says he
could not have visited rape complainant Louise Nicholas' flat wearing police
uniform, because he was not in the uniformed branch at the time. The Assistant Police
Commissioner has defended himself at the historical sexual abuse trial in
Auckland today. Rickards has emphatically told the court Mrs Nicholas' claims
he repeatedly forced himself on her is a lie. He says he could not have
visited Louise Nicholas in 1985 and 1986 wearing his uniform as she says,
because he was then in the Criminal Investigation Bureau and wearing civilian
clothes. Rickards admits twice
having sex with Mrs Nicholas. He says the first time was at co-accused Bob
Schollum's house, where she sat on his knee, put her arm around his back and
kissed his ear. He says he didn't take Mrs Nicholas' allegations seriously
when he first heard about them in the 1990's, because he couldn't believe a
woman could be so vindictive as to tell lies about him. |
