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The last of the
evidence has been given in the pack rape trial in the High Court at
Wellington and lawyers have begun summing up their cases. Four men deny abducting
and raping a 20 year old woman in Mount Maunganui in 1989. The crown prosecutor
told the jury the defence claim that the complainant consented to sex is
simply untenable and unbelievable. Summing up the Crown's
case lawyer Mark Zarifeh told the jury the evidence given by the accused was
carefully crafted nonsense. Zarifeh said the defence claim that the
complainant consented to have group sex with virtual strangers was simply
unbelievable. Summing up his client's
case on Friday defence lawyer Paul Mabey QC told the trial the complainant is
lying and regrets taking part in group sex. Mabey told the jury
that the complainant, now a mother of three, has a clear motivation for
making false allegations. On Thursday the jury
heard the last of the defence evidence, with one of the final witnesses being
the fourth man to have sex with the complainant. The 40-year-old told
the jury that when he arrived at the group sex encounter the complainant was
not distressed and seemed to be willing and enthusiastic. He said initially
she was surprised to see him but said he might as well stay. |
