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Nicholas vs John Dewar |
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The trial of a former police inspector
accused of mishandling an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct
against police officers has opened in Hamilton. John Dewar has pleaded not guilty
to four charges of wilfully attempting to obstruct, pervert or defeat the
course of justice by suppressing or failing to act on allegations made by
Louise Nicholas. He was head of the Rotorua CIB at
the time Louise Nicholas made her initial allegations in the 1980s. Mrs Nicholas made rape allegations
against Assistant Commissioner Clint Rickards, now former officers, Brad
Shipton and Bob Schollum and another former officer who has name suppression. |
