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Lawyers on both sides
in the historical rape trial at the High Court in Auckland have been called
in to see the judge - with the news media excluded. The jury of seven men
and five women has now spent 17 hours considering whether Assistant Police
Commissioner Clint Rickards and former colleagues Brad Shipton, and Bob
Schollum raped and sexually assaulted Rotorua woman Louise Nicholas in the
mid 1980s, with no sign of a verdict. Prosecution and defence
lawyers are currently in Chambers with Justice Tony Randerson. The news media has been
sent out of court. Devoted friends and
family of the three accused remain at court, but it is still anyone's guess
when there will be a verdict. |
