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This page last updated August 6
2005
2005-0625 - Otago Daily Times - Man
accused of rape denies forcing sex on anyone
One of four men accused of pack raping a woman at Mt Maunganui 16 years ago
told police he had never forced sex on anyone. In the High Court at
Wellington yesterday, Detective Patricia Clarke said she spoke to the man at
his home on July 19 last year. She said she wanted to talk to him about a
woman’s allegations of sexual violation. The accused (53) talked to a lawyer
and said he would not make a statement.
2005-0625 - NZ Herald -
Mattress readied for sex, says witness
NZPA - One of four men accused of pack-raping a woman at Mt Maunganui 16
years ago excitedly prepared for a sexual encounter the morning of the alleged
attack, the High Court at Wellington was told yesterday. The man had taken an
old mattress to an empty building, said a friend, whose name is suppressed.
2005-0625 - Dominion Post -
Denial by pack-rape accused
One of four men accused of pack raping a woman at Mt Maunganui 16 years ago
told police he had never forced sex on anyone. In the High Court at
Wellington yesterday, Detective Patricia Clarke said she spoke to the man at
his home on July 19 last year……… When told he would be charged with sex
charges and abduction, the man said, "I am completely innocent," Ms
Clarke said.
2005-0624 - Otago Daily Times -
Friend talked about group sex session
A man testified in the High Court at Wellington yesterday that a friend spoke
excitedly about a group sex session where an object was used as a sex aid.
The man, whose name was suppressed, said he understood the acts had been
consensual. He understood another friend had also been involved, but when it
was discussed with him he could not remember the details.
2005-0624 - Stuff - Accused
prepared for sexual encounter, court told
NZPA - One of four men accused of pack-raping a woman at Mount Maunganui 16
years ago excitedly prepared for a sexual encounter the morning of the
alleged attack, the High Court at Wellington was told today. The man had
taken an old mattress to an empty building, a friend whose name is suppressed
said.
2005-0624 - NZ Herald - Woman
unhappy after 'lunch date', court hears
NZPA - A woman who claims she was gang-raped at Mt Maunganui 16 years ago
changed from being outgoing to withdrawn and unhappy after the alleged
attack, a former colleague told the High Court at Wellington yesterday.
2005-0624 - Dominion Post -
Friend talked about group sex session - witness
A man testified in the High Court at Wellington yesterday that a friend spoke
excitedly about a group sex session where an object was used as a sex aid.
The man, whose name was suppressed, said he understood the acts had been
consensual. He understood another friend had also been involved, but when it
was discussed with him he could not remember the details
2005-0623 - Stuff - Former
colleague describes woman's behaviour
NZPA - A woman who claims she was pack raped at Mount Maunganui 16 years ago
hid from her attackers and acted out of character after the alleged assaults,
a former colleague told the High Court at Wellington today. The two women
were working at Mount Maunganui for a Hamilton-based company in the summer of
1989.
2005-0623 - Otago Daily Times - Woman
tells of reliving alleged rape
NZPA - “I am reliving this event as I sit here,” a woman who alleges she was
pack-raped at Mount Maunganui 16 years ago told the High Court at Wellington
yesterday. “You have no idea what I am going through right now. I feel like I
am back there.” Testifying for the third day, the woman faced questions from
defence lawyer Rachael Adams
2005-0623 - NZ Herald - Woman
relives 16-year-old rape nightmare
NZPA - "I am reliving this event as I sit here," a woman who
alleges she was pack-raped at Mt Maunganui 16 years ago told the High Court
at Wellington yesterday. "You have no idea what I am going through right
now. I feel like I am back there." Testifying for the third day, the
woman faced questions from defence lawyer Rachael Adams
2005-0623 - Dominion Post -
Gang-rape complainant fights back
A woman saying she was gang-raped in Mt Maunganui more than 16 years ago has
retaliated at a defence lawyer challenging her recollection. "I am
reliving this event as I sit here," she told Rachael Adams, who
represents one of four accused men in the High Court trial at Wellington.
2005-0622 - Stuff - Accused … had
sex with victim after alleged pack-rape
NZPA - One of four men accused of a pack-rape at Mount Maunganui 16 years ago
will testify he had sex with the then 20-year-old woman after the alleged
attack, Wellington High Court heard today. The woman has told the court the
man visited her at work and at the motel she was staying in over the summer
of January 1989 twice after the alleged rape
2005-0622 - Otago Daily Times - Woman
fled country after pack rape
NZPA - Wellington: A woman who claims she was pack-raped by five men at Mount
Maunganui 16 years ago was so scared of her attackers she fled to Australia,
she told the High Court at Wellington yesterday. “I had always feared for my
safety from right after they raped me,” the woman said as she took the stand
for a second day.
2005-0622 - One News - Pack
rape trial continues in Wellington
A lawyer for one of four men accused of pack raping a young woman in 1989 has
told a Wellington jury the woman had sex with his client soon after the
alleged rape. The four are charged with abducting and raping the complainant,
then aged 20, in Mt Maunganui.
2005-0622 - NZ Herald - Rape
accused were 'like dogs looking at raw meat'
A woman told a jury that five men she alleges pack-raped her were like
"a pack of dogs looking at raw meat" Having earlier described being
lured to a building in Mt Maunganui on the pretext of a lunch date with one
of them, she yesterday gave a graphic account of the incident which took
place 16 years ago when she was aged 20.
2005-0621 - Tauranga City News
- Historic Rape Trial Underway
The High Court jury at Wellington has been told five men arranged to meet at
a secluded Mount Maunganui location in January 1989 to rape a woman. Crown
prosecutor Brent Stanaway says one of the accused told the woman he would
take her to meet another of the accused for a lunch date
2005-0621 - Stuff - Alleged
pack-rape victim says attackers like dogs
The victim of an alleged pack-rape 16 years ago today described how her
attackers looked at her "like a pack of dogs looking at raw meat".
"There was no respect, no friendliness," she told a Wellington High
Court jury. "They had the kind of smile you have when your lips curl up
at the corners."
2005-0621 - One News - Pack rape
was planned, says crown
The trial of four men charged with the pack rape of a young woman in Mt
Maunganui 16 years ago has opened in Wellington with the crown saying the
attack was planned and the defence team saying the sex was consensual. The
four accused, whose names and occupations are suppressed, are accused of
abducting and raping the complainant then aged 20. Two face extra charges of
unlawful sexual connection
2005-0621 - Otago Daily Times - 'Rape'
not reported by fearful woman
Wellington: A woman allegedly pack-raped at Mt Maunganui 16 years ago did not
report it because she felt intimidated by her attackers, the High Court at
Wellington was told yesterday. The woman claims that in January 1989, when
she was 20, she was lured under false pretences to a building where she was
raped by five men
2005-0621 - Newstalk ZB - Court
hears attack claims
A woman has told the High Court it is "absolute rubbish" that she
agreed to have sex with five men she accuses of raping her in 1989. Four men
on trial for the alleged attack claim the sex was consensual. The woman has
told the court she was lured to a lonely beach hut, where five men raped her
one by one. She says when she saw five men present she thought, "I'm a
goner"
2005-0621 - NZ Herald -
Woman tells court of alleged pack rape 16 years ago
Sixteen years after an alleged pack rape at Mount Maunganui, a woman was
today relived the incident before the High Court at Wellington. The woman, who alleges she was raped by
five men in January 1989 when she was 20, broke down as she retold how she
was lured to an empty building on the false pretence of a lunch date with a
man she liked.
2005-0621 - Newstalk ZB - Rape
case continues in Wellington
A woman who alleges she was pack raped at Mt Maunganui 16 years ago continues
giving evidence in the High Court at Wellington this morning
2005-0621 - NZ Herald - Men deny
pack-rape allegations
A woman yesterday told a High Court trial she was set up to be gang-raped by
five men on the pretext of a date with one of them. Events surrounding the
alleged pack rape of the woman, then aged 20, at Mt Maunganui in January 1989
were outlined in Wellington yesterday.
2005-0621 - Dominion Post -
Woman tells of seaside pack-rape
A woman who won a bet for a date with a man she was interested in was lured
to a secluded spot where she was pack-raped, a Wellington jury has been told.
The woman said she was expecting a casual, lighthearted lunch at a cafe but
the middle-man who arranged the date drove her to a seaside hut. Four men
were waiting inside and the middle-man followed her in. "I got a hell of
a shock," she said giving evidence in the High Court yesterday
2005-0620 - One News - Crown says
pack rape was planned
Opening the Crown's case lawyer Brent Stanaway said the attack was a joint
enterprise between the accused, one of whom lured the victim to the scene of
the attack. He said the complainant felt unable to respond as she was raped
and felt she had no choice but to submit. Lawyers for the accused have told
the jury that the sex was consensual
2005-0620 - One News - Pack rape
trial opens in Wellington
The trial of four men charged with the pack rape of a young woman in Mt
Maunganui 16 years ago has opened in Wellington…….The men, now aged between
40 and 53, are accused of attacking the complainant in Mt Maunganui in
January 1989.
2005-0620 - Newstalk ZB -
Woman accuser gives evidence
The woman who accuses four men of raping her 16 years ago has been giving
evidence at the High Court in Wellington. The 37-year-old, who is now living
in Australia, says the men lured her under false pretences to a secluded
location at Mount Maunganui in January 1989. At the time the woman was
employed by a Hamilton organisation, and had been seconded to the Mount for
work over the holiday period
2005-0620 - Newstalk ZB
- Strict suppression surrounds rape case
A jury has been empanelled in the trial of four men accused of an historic
pack rape. The charges of abduction, rape and unlawful sexual connection
relate to events in Mount Maunganui in January 1989. The High Court trial has
been moved from Rotorua to Wellington and is likely to take two to three
weeks
2005-0620 - Newstalk ZB -
Secrecy surrounds rape case
Name suppression for four men accused of pack rape is likely to continue for
the duration of their two-week trial, which begins in Wellington today. The
men are charged over an incident that is alleged to have happened in Mt
Maunganui 16 years ago
2005-0620 - NZ Herald - Four men
deny Mt Maunganui pack rape charges
NZPA - 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
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