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NZ Herald
Three News
July 31 2007; 12:49

Judge gives evidence at Dewar trial

A former Crown prosecutor who is now a judge has given evidence in court today at the trial of former top detective John Dewar.

District Court Judge David McDonald says he demanded Mr Dewar write a report explaining why he introduced hearsay evidence in the rape trial of a policeman.

The judge told the High Court in Hamilton he was furious with the former head of the Rotorua CIB, who caused the trial of the former police officer to be aborted for a second time.

Mr Dewar is charged with various offences surrounding suppressing or failing to act on sexual complaints against policemen.