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The jury in the trial of a former
Rotorua detective John Dewar has been played a videotaped confrontation
between Louise Nicholas and the accused. In the High Court trial in Hamilton,
Dewar is facing four charges of perverting the course of justice by
suppressing or failing to act on the allegations made by Mrs Nicholas. At a meeting covertly filmed by an
investigative reporter the jury heard Dewar admit he knew non-consensual
sexual activity had taken place, especially a specific incident involving a
baton. He also admitted to being close friends with Brad Shipton, Clint
Rickards and Bob Schollum. In the tape, he repeats over and over again that
the past is the past and tells Ms Nicholas she needs to move on. Defence counsel has also
concentrated on inconsistencies in Ms Nicholas' evidence. Paul Mabey QC asked
Ms Nicholas to explain numerous statements she had made over the years and to
clarify the timing of certain events. He focussed on Mrs Nicholas' allegation
that Dewar refused to take her statement against Rickards, Shipton and
Schollum until another trial was out of the way. Mrs Nicholas says she did not
raise the issue at the conclusion of that trial because she was sure Dewar would
still refuse to take her statement. Mrs Nicholas claims she was
sexually assaulted by one police officer in the early 1980s in Murupara and
then again a few years later at Rotorua by Rickards, Shipton and Schollum.
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