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A jury has heard how in two sexual
assault trials bought by Louise Nicholas - a former senior policeman gave
inadmissible evidence causing the trials to be aborted. 55-year-old John Dewar is on trial
in Hamilton on four charges of attempting to obstruct or defeat the course of
justice in relation to Louise Nicholas's complaints of sexual offending by
police officers in the 1980s. The jury today heard from District
Court judge Leslie Atkins who was a defence lawyer on one of the cases. He told the High Court how in two
trials Dewar gave inadmissible evidence - and how he seemed untroubled when
two mistrials were declared. |
