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LOUISE
NICHOLAS: Leaving court yesterday A High Court jury in Hamilton has
been shown video footage of Rotorua woman Louise Nicholas confronting former
head of the Rotorua CIB, John Dewar, on a Hamilton street. Dewar, 55, is on trial on charges
of attempting to pervert the course of justice, relating to claims of sexual
assault by serving police officers made by Mrs Nicholas in the 1980s. Mrs Nicholas, who has been giving
evidence today, says was raped by Assistant Commissioner Clint Rickards and
former officers Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum. The three men were acquitted
of the charges. She claims Dewar did not properly
investigate the claims. The jury was played covert video
footage of a meeting between Mrs Nicholas and Dewar several years later when
she confronted him outside the Hamilton St John Ambulance building on Seddon
Rd in Hamilton, where he worked. During the conversation Dewar
admitted he knew the alleged incident involving Mr Rickards, Shipton and
Schollum and a police baton. "I certainly know that the
part regarding the baton wasn't consensual. It would be hard to understand
why you would consent to that" Dewar is heard saying on the tape. Mrs Nicholas is this afternoon
under cross-examination by Mr Dewar's lawyer Paul Mabey QC. Mrs Nicholas' mother Barbara
Crawford is expected to give evidence next. |
