Allegations of Sexual
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Four men convicted in
July of the pack rape of a 20-year-old woman at Mount Maunganui will have
their appeals heard early next year. Mt Maunganui business
man Peter McNamara, Papamoa fireman Warren Hales and two men whose identities
remain suppressed were convicted of rape and abduction following a jury trial
at the High Court at Wellington. They were sentenced to
prison terms of between 5-1/2 and 8-1/2 years. The Court of Appeal
said today their two-day appeal was set down to start on February 7. |