Allegations of Sexual Abuse


Mt Maunganui Pack Rape Case


3. Trial Week 2  June 2005

 




Newstalk ZB
June 27 2005 (2nd report)

Complainant was flirtatious says rape-accused

One of the four men accused of a pack rape 16 years ago at Mount Maunganui told the police his accuser was flirtatious.

A police officer has been reading the man's statement, made before his arrest last year, to the High Court.

Detective Constable Brian Cameron asked the man how he would describe the woman's personality.

The man replied that she was outgoing and flirtatious when she had had a few drinks.

He was referring to her behaviour at a bar the night before the alleged incident, when she asked him to organise a meeting with one of the other accused and indicated she wanted to have sex with him.

The man disagreed when the detective told him the complainant's workmate did not think she was acting up that night.

He also denied group sex had happened the next day.