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Allegations
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Four men accused of pack
raping a woman at Mt Maunganui 16 years ago today denied charges relating to
the alleged incident during the opening of their trial in the High Court in
Wellington. Court orders prevent
the identification of the accused men, now aged between 40 and 53, or their
past and present occupations. All four are charged
with rape and abduction. Two are also charged with unlawful sexual violation,
one of whom has a second charge of both rape and unlawful sexual violation. The alleged events
occurred in January 1989. The trial before
Justice Ronald Young and a jury of eight women and four men is expected to
take up to three weeks. The woman alleges she
was pack raped by five men; one of whom has never been identified or charged.
In court today, the men
stood without expression looking straight ahead as the charges were read, and
entered not guilty pleas to all charges |
