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Protests will take place across New
Zealand to mark the trial of John Dewar, the former head of Rotorua CIB. In the early 1990s Dewar persuaded
Louise Nicholas not to make a formal complaint against Bob Schollum, Brad
Shipton and Clint Rickards and failed to investigate the complaint properly.
He is now being charged with with four charges of attempting to obstruct,
pervert or defeat the course of justice between 1993 and 1994. "Women who were raped by
police in the 1980s didn't make complaints because they thought no-one would
believe them. When women did make complaints they were ignored and
manipulated" said Grace Millar from Wellington Action Against Rape,
organisers of the Wellington protest. "On Tuesday we will be
showing our support for them and making it known that we believe them and the
many other women who have been too afraid to make rape complaints or who have
not been believed when they did." "It is the actions of people
like Dewar that allowed members of the police to get away with rape for so
long. When the police protect their own from accusations of rape, as John
Dewar did in this case, then you are giving police a licence to act with
impunity." Protest details: Wellington Protest at 12pm on
Tuesday 24th July outside the High Court, Molesworth St. Contact Grace Millar
on 027 637 3898 Auckland Protest at 5pm on Tuesday
24th July outside Britomart Contact Ruth Amato on 021 253 0118 Christchurch Information and street theatre at 12.30pm on
Tuesday 24th July in Cathedral Square outside the police centre. |
