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This page last updated August 6
2005
2005-0308 - Reports from Dom Post,
Waikato Times and NZ Herald
Four men accused of pack-raping a woman in Mt Maunganui 16 years ago are due
to stand trial at Wellington on June 20 on rape and abduction charges
2005-0307 - Newstalk ZB -
Pack rape trial in June
Four men will be tried in June for allegedly pack-raping a woman at Mt
Maunganui in 1989. The trial has been moved from Rotorua to Wellington……
Their trial starts on June 20
2005-0211 - Newstalk ZB -
Historical rape trial moves to Wellington
The trial of four men accused of a historical rape has been relocated from
Rotorua to Wellington. The men are facing rape, sexual violation and
abduction charges relating to an incident alleged to have occurred in Mount
Maunganui 16 years ago.
2005-0211 - Newstalk ZB -
Rape-accused apply for trial move
Four men accused of a historical rape at Mount Maunganui are applying for
their trial to be moved to Auckland.
2004-1216 - Otago Daily Times
- Four for trial on gang rape
NZPA - A woman told police she felt like a powerless piece of meat while
being pack-raped by five men. Details of a now historic alleged rape by five
men in Mount Maunganui reached Tauranga District Court yesterday, with
depositions being presented to the court. Four men were committed for trial
after their lawyers conceded there was a prima facie case to answer. The
fifth man has never been identified.
2004-1215 - NZ Herald - Woman says
she was held and raped 15 years ago
by Nicola Boyes - A woman who has made historical rape
allegations against four men says she was powerless to do anything other than
follow instructions as she was attacked 15 years ago. The woman's allegations
of the pack rape, which police say happened at Mt Maunganui in January 1989,
were revealed for the first time during a depositions hearing in the Tauranga
District Court yesterday.
2004-1215 - Dominion Post -
'Pack-rape' trial after 15 years
by Haydon Dewes - Four men have been
sent for trial on rape and abduction charges after an alleged pack-rape in Mt
Maunganui 15 years ago. The four, their identities protected by suppression
orders made in Tauranga District Court yesterday by Judge Oke Blaikie, will
appear in the High Court at Rotorua next year to defend charges of rape,
sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection, and abduction. The accused
are a Tauranga man, 46, a Papamoa man, 40, a Mt Maunganui man, 45, and a
52-year-old whose place of residence was suppressed. ……………They say that in
January 1989, a 20-year-old woman seconded to work in Mt Maunganui for six
weeks was enticed to a building and then sexually assaulted by five men in
what prosecutor Brent Stanaway yesterday described to the court as a
"pack-rape".
2004-1127 -
Dominion Post - Suppression continues
NZPA - The High Court has allowed continued interim name suppression for two
men charged in connection with an alleged rape and abduction of a woman in Mt
Maunganui 15 years ago. Two other men had earlier been granted name
suppression
2004-1021 - NZ Herald - Name
suppression continues for rape accused
Interim name suppression will continue for four men accused of rape and
abduction of a woman at Mt Maunganui 15 years ago
2004-1020 - Newstalk ZB -
Name suppression continued
A Tauranga judge has granted continued interim name suppression for four men
accused of a pack rape at Mount Maunganui 15 years ago
2004-0929 -
Dominion Post - Suppression continued
Four men charged with rape and abduction alleged to have happened at Mt
Maunganui 15 years ago have been granted continued interim name suppression
2004-0928 - NZ Herald - Police
seeking identities in 15-year-old photograph
by Louisa Cleave - Police want to speak to two men who were drinking at the Oceanside
Hotel in Mt Maunganui more than 15 years ago. The men were aged in their 20s
at the time and had their photo taken with a group of people at the bar of
the landmark hotel in January 1989. A spokesman at the Office of the
Commissioner said there were fewer than 10 people in the photo but the others
had not been able to identify the two mystery men
2004-0922 - NZ Herald - Judge
ponders naming men charged with sex crimes
A judge in the Tauranga District Court has reserved his decision on whether
to lift interim name suppression for four men facing rape and abduction
charges dating back over 15 years.
2004-0907 - Dominion Post -
Rape-accused bail extended
Four men accused of historical rape and abduction charges have been further
remanded on bail…………..The charges relate to an incident in Mt Maunganui
between January 1 and 31, 1989, and include five charges of rape, three
counts of unlawful sexual connection, three of detaining for sexual
intercourse and one charge of sexual violation by rape. The four accused
include two Tauranga men, aged 39 and 46, a Mt Maunganui man, 45, and a
52-year-old Napier resident.
2004-0828 - Dominion Post -
Police rape inquiry on hold
by Haydon Dewes - In July, police investigating Ms Nicholas' alleged rape
arrested four men in connection with a separate rape complaint, referring to
Mt Maunganui at New Year in 1989.
2004-0803 - NZ Herald - Four
remanded in Mt Maunganui rape case
by Rosaleen MacBrayne - Four men charged with the rape and detention of a
woman at Mt Maunganui 15 years ago have been remanded on bail until September
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2004-0721 - NZ Herald - Fourth man
in court over 1989 rape
A fourth man appeared in the Tauranga District Court yesterday charged with
rape and abduction alleged to have taken place at Mt Maunganui 15 years ago.
Like his three co-accused, the 45-year-old was remanded on bail
2004-0720 - Dominion Post -
Trio accused of 1989 rape
Three men made brief appearances in courts yesterday charged with an alleged
1989 abduction and rape of a woman in Mount Maunganui. A fourth man was also
charged last night over the same incident and was expected to appear in
Tauranga District Court this morning
2004-0720 - NZ Herald - Four face
charges over 1989 rape
by Rosaleen MacBrayne - Police investigating the alleged rape of Rotorua
woman Louise Nicholas have arrested four men in connection with a separate
rape complaint. The alleged rape took place in Mt Maunganui at New Year in
1989.
The man who appeared in Napier faced counts of unlawful sexual connection,
sexual violation by rape and detaining a person without consent in order to
have sexual intercourse, before Judge Tony Adeane. In Tauranga, one defendant
was charged with two counts each of rape and unlawful sexual connection and
one of detaining. The other accused each faced a charge of rape and
detaining.
A police spokesman said the police officers working on the inquiry were the
same ones investigating the case of Louise Nicholas, who alleged in January
that she was pack-raped and violated with a police baton by three police
officers in 1986. But they said the latest case was entirely separate to any
matters involving Ms Nicholas.…………..
"These matters are not entirely disconnected with others of previous
publicity," [the Judge] said
2004-0719 - NZ Police - Three
arrests for historical abduction and rape
Police today arrested three men for the alleged abduction and rape of a woman
at Mount Maunganui in 1989. The alleged offenders will appear in the Tauranga
and Napier District Courts this afternoon.
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