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This page last updated July 2 2006
2006-0209 - NZ Herald -
Rape-victim's story 'not entirely believed'
NZPA - Acquittal on some charges in a pack rape trial showed the victim's
story was not entirely believed and four men jailed over the 1989 incident at
Mt Maunganui should be retried, the Court of Appeal was told yesterday.
2006-0209 - Dominion Post
- Statements look like jack-up, says judge
Statements collected in support of the appeals of men convicted of a pack-rape
had the look of a "jack-up", one of the appeal judges has said. Justice
William Young said yesterday that he and the other two Appeal Court judges
did not have to decide if the statements were true, but did have to consider
the likelihood of them swaying a jury. "It does look like a jack-up, and
there would be a real risk that that is the way a jury would see it," he
said.
2006-0208 - One News - New
evidence in pack rape case
The Crown has told the court of appeal that fresh evidence presented to the
court in relation to the appeal against pack rape convictions, completely
lacks credibility…… The new evidence from two men backs up claims by one of
the accused men, Warren Hales, that the complainant was friendly to him when
they met a week after the alleged rape
2006-0208 - Newstalk ZB -
Crown claims collusion in pack rape appeal
The Crown has read out an e-mail exchange which it believes shows collusion
between two men to produce fresh evidence in a rape case. It relates to the
conviction of four men for a 1989 pack rape in Mount Maunganui
2006-0208 - Newstalk ZB - Judge's
summing-up scrutinised
The judge's summation in the Mount Maunganui pack rape trial is in the
spotlight again as the appeal of the four men convicted of the 1989 attack
continues…..During last year's trial one witness testified the victim was
quiet and withdrawn after the incident. The defence argued the witness did
not see the woman until up to 16 days after the rape, during which time she
had been away with her then-partner. That relationship ended soon afterwards,
and lawyers believe the judge should have made clear that could be a reason
for her personality change. They have also suggested her behaviour could have
been because of shame or regret, if accounts of consensual sex were to be
believed
2006-0208 - ODT - Suggestion led to
miscarriage of justice, appeal court told
NZPA - Suggestion by Crown prosecutors that only a “slut” would consent to
degrading group sex with virtual strangers contributed to a miscarriage of
justice, the Court of Appeal was told yesterday……. Hales’ lawyer Greg King
said yesterday his client’s trial lawyer, Rachael Adams, acted incompetently.
Evidence by the victim she had told Hales “you might as well” suggested
consensual sex between the pair. It was a line of defence which distanced
Hales from the other three men and was not properly advanced by his counsel.
2006-0208 - Dominion Post -
RapeShield.htm
A "Rape shield" was turned on four pack-rape accused and used as a
sword, the lawyer for one of the men has told the Court of Appeal. In
Wellington yesterday lawyer Greg King said the so-called "rape
shield" was intended to protect complainants. …………. Acting for Tauranga
fireman Warren Graham Hales, Mr King said the Crown had put in issue the
complainant's reputation when it asked the jury to consider if she was the
type of woman who would agree to group sex with comparative strangers in a
hut. But the defence could not play the reputation or character card in
return by bringing up information about the complainant's past, Mr King said.
There was material that could have been "thrown" at the trial.
2006-0207 - NZ Herald - Pack-rape
accused should be given re-trial
by Danya Levy - Four men convicted of pack-raping a woman at Mount Maunganui
17 years ago should be given a re-trial because new evidence suggested she
approached one of the men in a sexual manner at a Crowded House concert after
the incident, the Court of Appeal was told today
2006-0207 - Stuff - Pack-rape accused
should be given re-trial, court told
Four men convicted of pack-raping a woman at Mount Maunganui 17 years ago
should be given a re-trial because new evidence suggested she approached one
of the men in a sexual manner at a Crowded House concert after the incident,
the Court of Appeal was told today.
2006-0207 - One News - Pack rape
appeal underway
The lawyers for the four convicted men told the Court of Appeal in Wellington
that the rape convictions should be overturned because of the inconsistency
of the verdict. They said it didn't make sense that the jury decided that the
woman was lying about the use of the object, but telling the truth about
everything else.
2006-0207 - Newstalk ZB -
Fresh evidence in rape appeal
Defence lawyers are submitting what they claim is new evidence of a friendly
meeting between one of the four men and the victim, five days after the rape.
Defence lawyer Greg King claims new evidence shows Hales attended a Crowded
House concert five days after the attack. He says the victim approached Hales
and rubbed her hands on him. Mr King says that behaviour is radically
inconsistent with claims of gang rape
2006-0207 - Newstalk ZB - Pack
rape case in Appeal Court
The Court of Appeal is hearing the case of four men convicted of the pack
rape of a 20-year-old woman at Mt Maunganui in the late 1980s
2006-0207 - NZ Herald - Mt
Maunganui pack rape appeals to be heard today
Four men convicted last year of the pack rape of a woman at Mt Maunganui 17
years ago will have their appeals heard by the Court of Appeal today. Mt
Maunganui businessman Peter McNamara, Papamoa fireman Warren Hales and two
men whose identities remain suppressed were convicted in July of raping and
abducting the then 20-year-old woman.
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