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Shipton, Schollum vs Jane Doe Page 1 - 2007 Trial of
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Jury selection has begun in a High
Court trial of a senior policeman and two former officers. Assistant Police Commissioner
Clint Rickards, Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum are charged with the kidnapping
and indecent assault of a woman in Rotorua between November 1983 - August
1984. The complainant was aged 16 at the
time. All three men formally entered not
guilty pleas in the High Court in Last year, a jury cleared them of
20 charges of sexual violation and indecent assault against a Rotorua woman,
Louise Nicholas, in 1986. The jury of seven women and five men delivered its
verdict on March 31, 2006, after three days of deliberations following a two
and a half week trial at the High Court at The trial is set down for two
weeks. The Crown is to call about 11 witnesses. The jury has been told to
disregard publicity about the accused. |
